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UN agencies say more than 200,000 people were newly displaced in Sudan’s Kordofan region as intensifying fighting and drone strikes target el-Obeid’s power and water infrastructure, while seasonal floods in North Darfur worsen the crisis; overall the conflict has displaced about 8.6 million internally and 4.2 million abroad, with 33.7 million in need of humanitarian aid.
Drone strikes have moved the Sudanese civil war’s focus to south-central Kordofan, where near-daily attacks on markets, health facilities and homes are driving mass displacement and famine-like conditions in besieged Kadugli and Dilling. The Sudanese armed forces have regained some ground and broken sieges, while the RSF—with SPLM-N and various regional backers—keeps pressure elsewhere. The UN and humanitarian groups are pleading for civilian protection amid growing concerns of a broader regional spillover and continued hardship for civilians.
A drone attack on a UN base in Kadugli, Sudan, killed six Bangladeshi peacekeepers and wounded eight, with the Sudanese military blaming the RSF. UN Secretary-General Guterres condemned the attack and called for accountability and an immediate ceasefire to address the ongoing conflict and humanitarian crisis in Sudan.
The center of Sudan's civil war has shifted westward to the Kordofan region, where intense fighting between the Sudanese Army and the Rapid Support Forces (R.S.F.) has led to a worsening humanitarian crisis, with significant civilian casualties and disrupted aid efforts, as both sides vie for strategic control and the conflict intensifies in the region.