Overview
- UNICEF logged 354 children arriving in Tawila without immediate family between Oct. 26 and Nov. 22, while the Norwegian Refugee Council reports at least 400 and more than 200 new child registrations each day.
- UN human rights experts warn of trafficking for sexual exploitation, sexual slavery and the recruitment of children since the RSF takeover, citing documented gang rapes near El Fasher University and elevated risks at checkpoints.
- UN officials say tens of thousands fled to Tawila and other sites after the city’s fall, yet as many as 50,000 people may still be trapped in El Fasher with access denied and famine already declared there on Nov. 3.
- The World Food Programme says 1,485 metric tons of food and nutrition supplies for about 130,000 people are en route to Tawila via the Dabbah crossing, but overcrowded camps lack adequate water, shelter and health services.
- Independent analysis by Yale’s Humanitarian Research Lab identified patterns consistent with mass killings and mass graves after the city’s capture, and medical groups report the RSF has converted Al‑Nuhud Hospital in West Kordofan into a military base.