The conflict in Sudan is entering an even more brutal stage. UN officials warned the Security Council that the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, or RSF, are advancing in the Kordofan region. They now control the city of Babanusa in West Kordofan and have captured Heglig in South Kordofan. This push prompted forces from neighboring South Sudan to cross the border, reportedly to protect the critical Heglig oil fields.
A senior humanitarian director, Edem Wosornu, identified Kordofan as the new epicenter of violence. She cited reports of drone strikes killing over one hundred civilians in South Kordofan in just a few days. These attacks hit a kindergarten and a hospital in the town of Kalogi, leading to dozens of child deaths. She called on the Security Council to condemn these clear violations of international law and to ensure safe access for aid workers. The violence has also directly targeted UN operations and medical facilities, with peacekeepers killed at a logistics base and hundreds of strikes on healthcare sites this year.
The broader humanitarian crisis continues to deepen as the war approaches a thousand days. Atrocities documented in the Zamzam camp for displaced people in North Darfur account for over a thousand civilian deaths from executions and torture. Separate investigations have revealed evidence of systematic mass killings and body disposal around El Fasher. UN political affairs official Khaled Khiari stated the organization's commitment to working with all parties to stop the fighting, citing the immense human cost and the threat to regional stability.
A senior humanitarian director, Edem Wosornu, identified Kordofan as the new epicenter of violence. She cited reports of drone strikes killing over one hundred civilians in South Kordofan in just a few days. These attacks hit a kindergarten and a hospital in the town of Kalogi, leading to dozens of child deaths. She called on the Security Council to condemn these clear violations of international law and to ensure safe access for aid workers. The violence has also directly targeted UN operations and medical facilities, with peacekeepers killed at a logistics base and hundreds of strikes on healthcare sites this year.
The broader humanitarian crisis continues to deepen as the war approaches a thousand days. Atrocities documented in the Zamzam camp for displaced people in North Darfur account for over a thousand civilian deaths from executions and torture. Separate investigations have revealed evidence of systematic mass killings and body disposal around El Fasher. UN political affairs official Khaled Khiari stated the organization's commitment to working with all parties to stop the fighting, citing the immense human cost and the threat to regional stability.
