Overview
- The U.N. Human Rights Council voted on Monday to set up an urgent inquiry into alleged violations in and around El Obeid after officials warned that a growing RSF troop buildup and intense strikes risk repeating large-scale abuses seen in El Fasher.
- UNICEF reported that more than 300 children were killed or injured in the first six months of 2026, with roughly 60 percent of those casualties attributed to drone strikes that have repeatedly hit homes, schools, markets and hospitals.
- Repeated attacks have caused prolonged blackouts and damaged water and fuel infrastructure, leaving about 500,000 people in effectively siege-like conditions and sharply narrowing safe humanitarian access to the city.
- Humanitarian groups say fresh fighting has displaced thousands more children and worsened disease and malnutrition risks, with Save the Children reporting more than 5,500 newly displaced children and agencies warning of cholera and strained health services.
- The resolution called for an immediate ceasefire, unfettered aid access and measures to curb external support that sustains the fighting, and it passed by consensus even as some delegations formally disassociated and international justice bodies pursue evidence for future accountability.