Overview
- The International Organization for Migration warned that operations in North Darfur risk grinding to a halt, citing empty warehouses, insecure convoys, and access restrictions, with Director General Amy Pope urging safe access and funding.
- Nearly 90,000 people have fled El Fasher and nearby villages on dangerous routes with little food, water, or medical care, and displacement is also surging in North Kordofan according to IOM.
- UN Women reported mounting evidence that rape is being used systematically as a weapon against those fleeing El Fasher, with maternity services looted or destroyed and pregnant women giving birth in the streets.
- Médecins Sans Frontières documented extreme acute malnutrition among new arrivals in Tawila, including over 70% of children under five, aligning with an IPC finding of famine in El Fasher and in Kadugli.
- Human Rights Watch analyzed RSF videos indicating executions and other abuses, and the World Health Organization reported more than 460 patients and companions were killed at El Fasher’s Saudi Hospital.