Overview
- OHCHR reported at least 11,300 civilians killed across Sudan in 2025 — over two and a half times the 2024 toll — with thousands more missing or unidentified.
- The UN fact‑finding mission concluded the RSF committed genocide in el‑Fasher, documenting mass killings, targeted ethnic violence and atrocities including an attack that killed more than 460 people at El‑Saudi hospital.
- UN officials detailed a sharp escalation in warfare tactics, citing advanced long‑range drone strikes and sieges in Kordofan that have killed or injured nearly 600 civilians since January, including strikes on aid convoys.
- European states in the Sudan Core Group (UK, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway) said they will form a coalition to prevent further atrocities, as UN officials urge a Security Council referral to the ICC and an independent justice mechanism for Darfur.
- In a separate warning, UN rights monitors said South Sudan risks a return to all‑out war, reporting 280,000 people displaced since December in Jonglei, 189 civilians killed in January, and signs of collapsing military discipline and surging abuses.