Overview

• The UN says at least 91 civilians were killed from September 19–29 during RSF artillery, drone and ground attacks concentrated in El‑Fasher’s Daraja Oula neighborhood.
• Documented strikes hit civilian sites, including a drone blast at al‑Safiyah mosque that killed at least 67 people, two attacks on a market, and a September 30 shelling of a community kitchen that reportedly killed 23.
• UN rights chief Volker Türk warned of the risk of large‑scale, ethnically driven abuses, urged the lifting of the siege, demanded safe passage for civilians, and condemned tactics consistent with using starvation as a weapon.
• Reports cite RSF pre‑positioning of long‑range drones in South Darfur, while medical sources said a missile attack on Wednesday killed 16 and wounded 21 in residential areas.
• Humanitarian access remains severely restricted, with the army conducting a rare airdrop this week, and a CPJ report described journalists trapped in the city facing violence, arrests, rape and starvation.