Overview

• Between September 19 and 29, at least 91 civilians were killed in El‑Fasher during RSF artillery barrages, drone strikes and ground incursions, according to the UN human rights office.
• The Daraja Oula area was repeatedly hit, including two market strikes last week and an earlier drone attack on a mosque that killed at least 67 worshippers, while a September 30 shelling of a community kitchen reportedly killed 23 people.
• UN High Commissioner Volker Türk warned of an imminent risk of large‑scale, ethnically driven abuses and called for the siege to be lifted, safe and voluntary civilian passage, and immediate, unhindered humanitarian access.
• Aid groups and witnesses report severe shortages of food, water and medical care under RSF blockade tactics, with credible accounts of civilians tortured or killed for bringing in supplies; the army managed a limited airdrop this week.
• Recent reports indicate RSF pre‑positioning of long‑range drones in Darfur and continued strikes, including a Wednesday attack that the Sudan Doctors Network said killed 16, as El‑Fasher remains the military’s last major holdout in Darfur.