Overview
- Local authorities in Kalogi say three strikes hit a kindergarten, a crowd of rescuers, and the hospital entrance.
- The latest toll announced by the town’s executive director is 79 dead, including 43 children, with at least 38 injured and concerns the count is incomplete.
- UNICEF reports more than ten children aged five to seven were killed at the school and condemns the attack as a severe violation of children’s rights.
- Attribution is contested, with a local official blaming the RSF and an allied SPLM-N faction as the warring parties trade accusations.
- The incident follows the RSF’s advances into Kordofan after taking El-Fasher, with the UN noting rising displacement and warning of intensifying hostilities.