Overview
- Volker Türk briefed reporters in Nairobi after a five-day visit to Port Sudan and displacement sites, describing a “chronicle of cruelty” and appealing for urgent action.
- He condemned repeated RSF drone strikes on the Merowe dam and other civilian sites, warning such attacks are serious violations that could constitute war crimes.
- He reported widespread, weaponized sexual violence and summary executions, saying perpetrators must face justice regardless of affiliation.
- He warned that atrocities seen in El Fasher risk spreading to Kordofan, with famine conditions in Kadugli and growing risk in Dilling as fighting intensifies.
- OCHA figures indicate 30.4 million people need assistance and about 13.6 million are displaced, while renewed diplomacy in Egypt brought together envoys from the US, UAE and Saudi Arabia with calls for humanitarian access and civilian protection.