Overview
- The Rapid Support Forces seized El Fasher after an approximately 18‑month siege, consolidating control over Darfur’s state capitals.
- Satellite analysis and survivor testimony indicate mass killings, sexual violence, kidnappings and newly dug mass graves in and around the city, with Yale’s Humanitarian Research Lab reporting RSF collection of bodies.
- The UN humanitarian office reported 40 civilians killed in an attack on a funeral in El-Obeid as fighting spreads in Kordofan and fears grow of a new offensive.
- International Criminal Court prosecutors are collecting evidence of alleged mass killings and rape in El Fasher, while UN chief António Guterres says the conflict is spiralling out of control.
- Sudan’s Security and Defence Council met to consider a US-backed truce proposal as the UN and multiple states press for unfettered aid access; the UN has accused the UAE of arming the RSF, a charge Abu Dhabi denies.