Overview
- The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) captured Al-Nahud in West Kordofan, a strategic location enabling further advances toward Darfur's regional capital, El Fasher.
- Over 540 civilians have been killed in El Fasher and nearby camps in the past three weeks, with the UN warning the actual toll may be higher.
- Reports indicate the RSF committed atrocities in Al-Nahud, including looting, destruction of public facilities, and the killing of over 100 civilians, including women and children.
- The RSF shelled Sudan’s presidential palace in Khartoum for the second time in a week, demonstrating its continued artillery reach despite losing the capital in March.
- The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has called for urgent protection of civilians, highlighting extrajudicial executions and the dire humanitarian conditions across Sudan.