Overview
- Medical workers reported at least 14 people killed and 23 wounded after hours of shelling in the South Kordofan city of Dilling, with children among the victims.
- The army said it repelled the assault on Dilling and claimed it destroyed 36 RSF fighting vehicles and killed many attackers.
- The RSF said it seized Bara in northern Kordofan and Al Kurmuk in Blue Nile, a move that points to an expanded front near the Ethiopian border.
- Sudan analysts said operations in Blue Nile could strain army supply lines and manpower even if the RSF lacks local support to hold major cities.
- A new Doctors Without Borders report said sexual violence has become a defining feature of the war, as UN figures count more than 40,000 dead and millions displaced.