Overview
- UN Women reports mounting evidence that rape is being used deliberately and systematically against women escaping the city, including at water points, food lines and while gathering firewood.
- OCHA estimates nearly 89,000 people have fled El Fasher, many heading to Tawila, Korma and Malit where humanitarian support remains scarce.
- The World Health Organization says more than 460 patients and their companions were killed at El Fasher’s Saudi Hospital, and at least six healthcare workers were taken.
- A UN‑backed IPC analysis confirms famine in El Fasher and in Kadugli, with health workers noting rising severe acute malnutrition in infants.
- Witness testimony and satellite analysis indicate summary executions, looted and destroyed maternity services, births in the streets and women foraging for leaves and berries to survive.