Overview
- International mediators from the United States, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE proposed a three-month humanitarian pause leading to talks, which the RSF says it accepts while the army has not agreed and senior figures have rejected.
- Explosions and drone interceptions were reported in Khartoum and Atbara the day after the RSF’s announcement, with the UN human rights chief saying there is no sign of de-escalation and warning of intensified hostilities.
- Army officials say any truce requires the RSF to withdraw from civilian areas and give up weapons, conditions the paramilitary is unlikely to meet after seizing El-Fasher following an 18‑month siege.
- New satellite analyses by Yale’s Humanitarian Research Lab and Vantor indicate suspected mass graves and possible burning of bodies in El-Fasher, as WHO-cited reports say more than 460 people were killed at a hospital and independent researchers estimate thousands more dead.
- Aid groups report famine conditions, blocked assistance and mass flight from El-Fasher with only a few thousand reaching Tawila, while strikes and shelling in Kordofan, including damage to Dilling hospital, point to a widening humanitarian emergency.