Overview
- OHCHR reports that civilian killings in Sudan rose more than 2.5 times in 2025 to at least 11,300, with both the army and RSF using explosive weapons in populated areas and increasingly deploying long‑range drones.
- The UN fact‑finding mission concludes the RSF committed genocidal acts in El‑Fasher targeting Fur and Zaghawa communities, warns the pattern could spread into Kordofan, and urges robust accountability measures.
- Foreign ministers from the UK, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands and Norway say they intend to form an atrocity‑prevention coalition for Sudan, as UN experts press for ICC referral, expanded arms embargo enforcement and sanctions.
- In South Sudan, OHCHR documents a 45% month‑to‑month surge in violations in January with 189 civilians killed, witness accounts of 21 unarmed people shot dead in a Jonglei village, and roughly 280,000 newly displaced since December.
- The UN commission details government airstrikes on civilian areas, with documented Ugandan support, widespread and systematic sexual violence, and 550 abductions by opposition forces in 2025, while aid operations suffered 350 attacks last year and needs remain vast.