Overview
- Rapid Support Forces seized el‑Fasher, the army’s last holdout in North Darfur, after an 18‑month siege marked by severe shortages and repeated strikes on health care.
- The World Health Organization reported about 460 patients and companions were shot and killed at the city’s Saudi Maternity Hospital, with six health workers abducted.
- Yale’s Humanitarian Research Lab published satellite analysis consistent with mass killings around the hospital and indicated a possible mass killing at a former Children’s Hospital detention site.
- More than 33,000–36,000 people have fled largely on foot toward Tawila, where aid groups say only a small fraction are arriving safely as survivors describe arbitrary killings and bodies along escape routes.
- UN leaders condemned the violence, allocated emergency funds, and convened Security Council attention, while RSF chief Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo acknowledged “abuses” and announced an internal investigation under a communications blackout that hinders verification.