Overview
- ICC prosecutors said reported mass killings, sexual violence and attacks on medical care in RSF‑held El‑Fasher may amount to war crimes or crimes against humanity and began steps to preserve evidence.
- The IPC declared famine in El‑Fasher and Kadugli, warning many other areas in Darfur and Kordofan are at high risk as extreme hunger spreads.
- The U.N. reported more than 65,000 people fled El‑Fasher and IOM counted 36,825 fleeing parts of North Kordofan in late October, while aid groups say tens of thousands remain trapped without food, water or medical care.
- Humanitarian groups flagged large numbers of people unaccounted for after the city’s fall, with few arrivals in Tawila compared with expectations and reports of extortion and movement restrictions impeding escape.
- The RSF is massing toward North Kordofan, with both sides preparing for a fight over El‑Obeid, as global figures including the U.N. secretary‑general and the pope call for an immediate ceasefire and humanitarian corridors.