Sudan
El Obeid Exposes Sudan’s Missing Peace Strategy
El Obeid, the capital of Sudan's North Kordofan state, is home to approximately half a million people, including more than 100,000 displaced by the civil war. It links Darfur, held by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), to army-controlled central and eastern Sudan, and has faced intensifying RSF pressure in recent weeks. Control of El Obeid would give either side a major advantage over the corridor linking RSF-held Darfur with army-controlled central and eastern Sudan.The escalation comes amid a concentrated diplomatic week: the G7 called for a halt to attacks on the city and a wider arms embargo, the European Union banned Sudanese gold and Washington circulated a ceasefire framework. Each instrument is real, but none yet reaches the decentralized war economy that sustains both belligerents. A genuinely national political dialogue remains a distant goal.The war's vocabulary obscures part of the problem. The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) are the army-led de…
Cholera Deaths Surge as Sudan’s Kordofan Faces Rainy Season
Sudan’s Ministry of Health declared a cholera outbreak in West Kordofan state on 29 June, and within days the World Health Organization reported 120 deaths and 1,102 suspected cases recorded since May across conflict-affected areas. Those figures imply a case fatality rate of about 10.9 percent – more than ten times the level public health officials generally consider achievable with timely treatment.The statistic is significant because cholera is rarely this deadly when healthcare remains accessible. According to WHO guidance, prompt diagnosis and oral or intravenous rehydration therapy can keep mortality below 1 percent. A fatality rate approaching 11 percent therefore points less to an unusually virulent outbreak than to the collapse of access to care.In West Kordofan, civilians are caught between the fighting of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), with damaged health facilities, disrupted supply routes and insecurity preventing many patients from receiving treatment…
At Least 330 Children Killed or Injured in Sudan in 2026 as Drone Attacks Intensify
At least 330 children were killed or injured across Sudan during the first six months of 2026, UNICEF said on Monday, warning that a surge in drone attacks – particularly in North Kordofan – is driving an increasingly deadly toll on civilians. UNICEF said the figure reflects verified child casualties and is likely an undercount, as insecurity continues to prevent independent monitoring across large parts of the country. Darfur and Kordofan recorded the highest numbers of verified child casualties. The agency described the situation in El Obeid, the capital of North Kordofan, as especially alarming. Since May, at least 18 children have been killed and more than 17 injured in the city, ranging in age from two months to 17 years. According to UNICEF, drone strikes accounted for roughly 60 percent of those casualties, highlighting the growing impact of unmanned aerial warfare on civilians. Sudan's war between the Sudanese Armed…
Ethiopia-Eritrea Tensions Rise as Excluded Tigray Vote Deepens Rift
Tigray’s exclusion from Ethiopia’s June 1 general election followed the electoral board’s May 2025 revocation of the TPLF’s legal status…
UN Warns of Atrocity Risk as RSF Tightens Grip on Sudan’s El Obeid
Speaking at an urgent UN Human Rights Council debate on 3 July, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk…
Sudan Extends Adré Crossing as Army Claims Blue Nile Gains
#Sudan has extended the Adré border crossing with #Chad for another three months, preserving one of the last functioning humanitarian…
