Overview
- UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged an immediate ceasefire and said his envoy stands ready to advance consultations following a peace plan presented to the Security Council.
- The RSF said it seized Abu Qumra and advanced toward Um Buru in North Darfur, while forces allied with the army disputed elements of the claim.
- RSF officials reported three days of army drone and air strikes on Nyala, including a hit on a fuel market that sparked a major fire, with casualties among civilians and RSF members; the army did not comment.
- The Sudan Doctors Network said more than 200 people were killed in ethnically targeted attacks in parts of Darfur attributed to the RSF, which has not issued an immediate response.
- TSC deputy Malik Agar declared there would be no truce or negotiations with the RSF as the UN confirmed its Kadugli logistics base was evacuated after a December 13 drone strike that killed six Bangladeshi peacekeepers, with UN figures showing tens of millions now in need of aid.