Overview
- UNICEF says Dilling and Kadugli are in siege conditions, with families stranded and escape routes unsafe.
- UN rights chief Volker Türk cites deadly strikes in North and South Kordofan — 45 killed in an RSF drone attack in El Obeid and at least 48 in SAF airstrikes on Kauda — and urges states to halt arms flows and restore telecommunications.
- Fighting has centered on Babanusa, where the RSF claims to have seized the army’s 22nd Division headquarters, a claim not independently verified, as doctors warn for women and children sheltering at the base.
- WHO reports 198 verified attacks on healthcare since 2023, including the occupation of Al-Nuhud Hospital in West Kordofan, leaving communities without essential care.
- At least 44,000 people have fled Kordofan in recent weeks, child malnutrition has spiked in White Nile State, and the UN response plan is only 35% funded, about $1.5 billion of the $4.2 billion appeal.