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- 3d ago
Geneva Sudan meeting ends without breakthrough as drone strike kills at least 153
Delegations met in Geneva on Wednesday, 21 October, with the army and the RSF absent, and left without new initiatives. A drone strike on an Abyei market followed on Monday, 19 October, with at least 153 dead according to local officials.
- 5d ago
Drone strike on Abyei market kills 153 as Sudan's army is blamed
Local officials put the death toll from a drone strike on a market in the disputed Abyei region at 153. Sudan's army confirmed the strike but denies targeting civilians, and South Sudan has summoned Sudan's ambassador.
- Oct 12
Strike on Sudanese gold mine kills at least 72 miners, rights group blames Egypt
Emergency Lawyers blames Egypt's air force for an airstrike on a gold mining site in northern Sudan. Egypt has not commented, and Sudan's army chief has ordered an investigation.
- Aug 13
RSF drones strike Khartoum and four other Sudanese cities in two-day offensive
Sudan's Rapid Support Forces launched coordinated drone attacks on Khartoum and four other army-held cities on August 12-13, while claiming control of two towns near the Ethiopian border.
- Jul 6
UN orders urgent inquiry into RSF atrocities in Sudan's El Obeid as siege tightens
The UN Human Rights Council has mandated an urgent investigation into abuses by the Rapid Support Forces in the besieged Sudanese city of El Obeid, where near-siege conditions and drone attacks have killed at least 45 civilians in recent weeks.
- Jul 4
UN warns of impending catastrophe as RSF encircles Sudan's al-Obeid
The UN human rights chief warned of an impending human rights catastrophe in Sudan's al-Obeid on Friday, as the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces encircle the city. Civilians have endured 18 months of siege, drone strikes, and atrocities, with up to 500,000 at risk.
- Jun 15
Drone strikes killed over 1,000 civilians in Sudan in first five months of 2026, UN reports
UN High Commissioner Volker Türk told the Human Rights Council that drone warfare has sharply increased, pushing civilian casualties higher in the three-year conflict.
- Jun 11
UNHCR: global forced displacement falls 4% in 2025, first decline in a decade, but involuntary returns raise alarm
The number of forcibly displaced people fell by 4% to 117.8 million in 2025, UNHCR reported, marking the first decline in ten years. The drop was driven by large-scale returns to Afghanistan, Syria, Sudan and DR Congo, but the agency warned many were forced back under unsafe conditions.
