Overview

• The Security Council’s statement said the RSF’s late-June declaration of a rival administration threatens Sudan’s unity and urged a return to ceasefire negotiations.
• The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights confirmed at least 57 civilians were killed in the 11 August RSF assault on El Fasher and the adjacent Abu Shouk displacement camp.
• The ICC deputy prosecutor reported reasonable grounds to suspect war crimes and crimes against humanity are occurring in Darfur under RSF control.
• A coalition of 29 donor countries called on the RSF to lift its siege of El Fasher and grant immediate, unimpeded humanitarian access as UN agencies warn famine conditions are deepening.
• The World Food Programme is limited to providing digital cash assistance to about 250,000 people in El Fasher pending safe passage for full-scale aid deliveries.