On the first day of Ramadan, the village of Um Rasuma in West Kordofan State became the site of a devastating drone strike that killed 26 civilians, including 15 children, and wounded 14 others. The attack targeted residents gathering at the village’s main water source to secure drinking water for their families. The strike occurred at approximately […]
December 20, 2025 | Al-Malha Locality, North Darfur State On December 20, 2025, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) conducted a drone strike on Al-Hara Al-Atroun market in Al-Malha Locality, North Darfur State, killing dozens of unarmed civilians and completely destroying the market. The Attack The attack killed dozens of civilians, including at least seven women, […]
CategoriesAerial bombardment Dispatch Human rights Humanitarian Aid Press release RSF Security SituationDecember 14, 2025 DNHR expresses its grave concern and unequivocal condemnation of the drone strike that killed six soldiers serving with the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/12/1166592 at a military base in Kadugli, the capital of South Kordofan State, on Saturday, December 13, 2025. Under international humanitarian law, United Nations peacekeeping […]
CategoriesAerial bombardment Security Situation29 November 2025 | Kumo, Nuba Mountains On 29 November 2025, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) carried out a drone attack in the Kumo area of the Nuba Mountains, South Kordofan State. The strike targeted a zone under the control of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement–North (SPLM–N). 45 people were killed—the majority were school students. […]
KEY FACTS AT A GLANCE Darfur is entering one of the darkest chapters in its 20-year history of violence. The fall of El Fasher on 26 October 2025 — after nearly 560 days of siege — has triggered a wave of killings, mass displacement, sexual violence, and starvation that UN officials describe as “terrifying,” “unprecedented,” […]
CategoriesAerial bombardment Human rights RSF SAF Security SituationSAF Airstrike on RSF-Controlled Saraf Omra Market and Subsequent Arbitrary Arrests by RSF On October 19, at around 1:30 PM, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) carried out an airstrike on Saraf Omra market, which is under Rapid Support Forces (RSF) control. The attack caused significant damage, including the destruction of shops and restaurants, and injuries […]
Date: 9 October 2025Location: El Fasher, North Darfur The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have intensified their shelling campaign in El Fasher, North Darfur, over the past week killing and injuring dozens of civilians in successive attacks on hospitals, displacement camps, and residential areas. According to medical officials, at least 12 civilians were killed and 17 […]
CategoriesAerial bombardment RSF Security SituationOn 20 and 21 August 2025, artillery shelling by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) struck the Abu Shouk displacement camp north of El Fasher, North Darfur, killing at least 14 people and injuring dozens more. According to the Sudan Doctors Network, an RSF artillery strike on Wednesday evening killed nine people, including women and children, […]
CategoriesAerial bombardment RSF SAF Security SituationOn the morning of August 2, 2025, renewed clashes broke out between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on the eastern outskirts of El Fasher. Artillery Strikes on Nafasha IDP Camp The RSF launched a focused artillery attack. The shells targeted the Nafasha camp for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and […]
On May 18, 2025, at least 14 civilians were killed and many others injured in a brutal artillery attack carried out by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on Nevasha Market within Abu Shouk Camp for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), located north of El Fasher in North Darfur State. This attack forms part of an ongoing […]
