Overview
- UN staff made a first short visit to RSF-held al-Fashir in nearly two years and described the largely deserted city as a crime scene, with residents sheltering in empty buildings and improvised camps.
- UNICEF reported an unprecedented emergency in North Darfur, finding 53% of screened children in Um Baru acutely malnourished and one in six suffering life‑threatening severe acute malnutrition.
- The IOM said more than 10,000 people fled in days, including over 7,000 from Um Baru and Kernoi after December 25 attacks and about 3,100 from besieged Kadugli in South Kordofan.
- Humanitarian resources are collapsing, with the UN halving its 2026 appeal to $23 billion and the WFP warning food rations in Sudan could be cut by up to 70%.
- SAF chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan insisted the war ends only with RSF surrender, drawing US concern over his stance as efforts by regional mediators to secure a truce remain stalled.