Overview

• The Friday dawn attack destroyed a mosque in El Fasher, killing more than 70 worshippers, with UNICEF reporting at least 11 children among the dead.
• Sudan’s army and local groups accused the Rapid Support Forces of carrying out the strike, and UN officials urged a full investigation under international humanitarian law.
• The United States, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the UAE and Egypt issued condemnations that described the attack as a violation of the laws of war.
• The UN Secretary-General warned of mounting risks to civilians after over 500 days of siege and called for an immediate cessation of hostilities, safe passage and sustained humanitarian access.
• A new UN human rights report documents a sharp rise in civilian killings, summary executions and ethnically targeted violence across Sudan, highlighting particularly lethal offensives in North Darfur this year.