Overview

• Port-Soudan has faced six consecutive days of RSF drone strikes targeting military bases, the last operational civilian airport, power stations, and fuel depots.
• The Sudanese army reports intercepting some drones but struggles to protect the city, which serves as the provisional government seat and main humanitarian aid gateway.
• Experts view the RSF's use of drones as a strategic shift, indicating both adaptation and desperation following ground losses earlier this year.
• Amnesty International accuses the UAE of supplying Chinese-made weapons to the RSF, a claim the UAE denies, intensifying scrutiny on foreign arms flows in the conflict.
• The UN continues to label Sudan as the world's worst humanitarian crisis, with over 13 million displaced and widespread famine exacerbated by ongoing violence.