Overview
- The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification confirmed famine in El‑Fasher and Kadugli, with 20 additional areas in Darfur and Kordofan at high risk.
- The UN and aid groups report mass flight after the RSF seized El‑Fasher, with more than 70,000 displaced from the area and 36,825 fleeing North Kordofan in late October, while many remain trapped or unaccounted for under a communications blackout.
- The ICC prosecutor’s office warned that reported mass killings, rapes, abductions and attacks on aid workers may constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity, and said it is taking immediate steps to preserve and collect evidence.
- RSF forces are consolidating control in Darfur and preparing operations toward El Obeid after claiming Bara, as residents report military buildups and the UN cites recent killings including Red Crescent volunteers.
- Humanitarian agencies cite catastrophic conditions with attacks on health facilities, including a WHO‑reported massacre of about 460 people at the Saudi Hospital, while Pope Leo XIV appealed for a ceasefire and humanitarian corridors.