Overview
- Britain reaffirmed full support for UNISFA at the Security Council, pressed for the withdrawal of all armed actors from Abyei, and urged Sudan to issue visas for UN police and civilian staff without delay.
- UN officials reported a surge in targeted RSF drone strikes that have impaired UNISFA’s air operations and described conditions around the Kadugli logistics hub and JBVMM headquarters as simply untenable.
- UNISFA has documented an increased RSF presence in northern Abyei and continued South Sudanese security forces in the south, breaching the area’s demilitarized status and fueling crime including at Amiet Market.
- The humanitarian picture is worsening due to new displacement and intimidation that has forced the suspension of mine clearance, with growing pressure on scarce resources and rising intercommunal tensions.
- The UN highlighted coordination with the African Union to revive talks, while briefers noted cross-border insecurity and RSF attacks on oil infrastructure that disrupted South Sudan’s revenues earlier this year.