Overview
- Rapid Support Forces consolidated control of Al-Fashir, the army’s last stronghold in Darfur, heightening fears over the country’s fragmentation and widening conflict in Kordofan.
- WHO relayed reports of more than 460 people killed at Al-Fashir’s Saudi Maternity Hospital, a claim the health minister in the ‘Ta’sis’ government denies as investigations and arrests are announced.
- Egypt said it is actively engaged in efforts to secure a humanitarian truce, reaffirmed its opposition to any partition of Sudan, and discussed relief access and reconstruction with Sudan’s foreign minister.
- The civilian coalition ‘Sumood’ warned of an existential threat to the state and urged the army and RSF to immediately accept the Quartet’s roadmap as the only viable path to silence the guns.
- The Quartet plan envisages a three‑month humanitarian pause leading to a permanent cease-fire and a broad transition in nine months, as UN-linked estimates point to over 150,000 dead and tens of millions facing hunger.