Overview

• The Sudan Doctors' Network reported that a drone strike hit a mosque in El Fasher on Friday, killing 43 worshippers including elderly people and children.
• Reuters, via Excélsior, reported a separate airstrike on the Abu Shouk displacement camp that left at least 37 dead and dozens injured.
• Community monitors in El Fasher shared video of the mosque reduced to rubble, though the Associated Press said it could not independently verify the images.
• The reported attacks follow a pattern of strikes on populated areas in North Darfur, with local groups citing intensified fighting and repeated hits on camps and residential neighborhoods.
• WHO estimates place the war’s death toll at at least 40,000 and the UN says more than 13 million people have been displaced since April 2023, as medical networks call for international pressure and humanitarian corridors.