Overview
- Medical groups report an RSF drone hit a kindergarten in Kalogi, South Kordofan, killing at least 50 people, including 33 children, with paramedics struck in a second attack and the toll likely to rise under a communications blackout.
- OHCHR says at least 269 civilians have been killed in Kordofan since 25 October through airstrikes, shelling and summary executions, warning the real number is higher due to reporting constraints.
- Sieges have left Kadugli in confirmed famine and Dilling at high risk, with aid access blocked by all parties and more than 45,000 people newly displaced in recent weeks.
- Fighting has spread across the region after the RSF took Bara and claimed Babanusa, while separate reported strikes include at least 48 killed in Kauda and an RSF accusation that the army hit the Adre crossing near Chad that remains unverified.
- Context from El Fasher includes satellite evidence of mass disposal sites and an emptied city, with casualty estimates sharply disputed and independent investigators still denied access.