Note: Single-source report; awaiting corroboration.
UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk states that the ongoing war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has created a severe humanitarian crisis, with over six million people internally displaced and 4.5 million seeking refuge abroad. Türk is urging an immediate ceasefire, an end to foreign involvement, and the restoration of inclusive civilian governance in Sudan.
The conflict, now in its fourth year, has seen both SAF and RSF increasingly use long-range drones, leading to attacks far beyond the front lines. Mohamed Othman, chair of the Fact-Finding Mission for Sudan, noted that drone strikes have caused civilian casualties in homes, schools, hospitals, markets, and community events. The report highlights significant support for paramilitary fighters from parties in the United Arab Emirates, Chad, southeastern Libya, and Puntland in Somalia.
Areas like El Obeid city in North Kordofan remain heavily contested, with repeated RSF drone attacks impacting water, energy, and other essential civilian infrastructure. The situation in Kordofan, Blue Nile, and North and West Darfur poses an imminent threat to civilians.
Both SAF and RSF are implicated in attacks that may constitute war crimes, including drone strikes on a kindergarten and hospital in Kalogie, South Kordofan, resulting in significant civilian deaths, including children, and an SAF attack on Ad-Da'ein Teaching Hospital causing multiple fatalities.
The report underscores the urgent need to halt violence to protect civilians and restore critical services amid the escalating conflict.