Overview
- A Feb. 7 drone strike near El-Rahad in North Kordofan killed at least 24 displaced people, with state authorities blaming the RSF and the group issuing a categorical denial.
- A World Food Programme–linked aid convoy in North Kordofan was struck by a drone, destroying supplies and killing at least one person, prompting condemnations from the UK, US, Egypt, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the Arab League.
- UN High Commissioner Volker Türk said his office documented about 90 civilians killed and 142 injured from late January to Feb. 6 in drone strikes by both the RSF and the Sudanese army hitting markets, health facilities and residential areas in North and South Kordofan.
- The UN rights office echoed the ICC’s assessment that war crimes and crimes against humanity occurred in El-Fasher and said responsibility lies with the RSF and allied forces.
- Saudi Arabia condemned what it called RSF “criminal” attacks in Kordofan and decried foreign interference through illicit weapons and fighters, as the wider war has killed tens of thousands and damaged critical infrastructure including the Merowe dam.