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Authorities in Wad al-Mahi locality in Sudan’s Blue Nile region announced that 30 displaced people, including 26 women and four children, were killed and dozens more injured in a strike targeting a shelter centre for displaced people. The local governor said the attack was carried out by a drone operated by the Rapid Support Forces.
Analysts say the absence of a military victory and the Sudanese warring parties’ dependence on external support are obstructing settlement efforts. They stress that pressuring the parties providing support, halting arms flows and beginning humanitarian truces could pave the way for a political solution, as displacement, food and health crises worsen.
Clashes between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces are spreading from Blue Nile to Kordofan, alongside the displacement of more than 5,500 people in three days. At the same time, Washington has offered to support an inclusive political dialogue, but disagreements over the truce, the framework for negotiations and the proliferation of initiatives are obstructing a unified path towards a settlement.
Four people were killed and 12 others, mostly women and children, were injured in a drone attack on Damazin attributed by military and government sources to the Rapid Support Forces. The Blue Nile state finance minister and his family survived an attack on their home, as the number of people displaced from villages in Wad al-Mahi rose to 5,525 over three days.
US President’s senior adviser Masad Boulos said after meeting Sudanese Sovereignty Council President Abdel Fattah al-Burhan in Egypt’s Alamein that coordination with Egypt and other partners would continue to advance a political process to end the war and support an inclusive Sudanese dialogue paving the way for a civilian government, reconstruction and development.
The Sudanese army said its air defences had shot down an FH-95 drone in West Kordofan, bringing to six the number of drones of this type it has announced downed in the region in less than a month, amid continuing clashes with the Rapid Support Forces.
The Sudanese army announced on Friday that it had taken control of the Al-Mazroub area in North Kordofan state after clashes with the Rapid Support Forces, saying its operations were continuing along several fronts. The area is of military and economic importance because it lies on routes linking parts of the state, which forms a corridor between central and western Sudan.
Thousands of civilians have fled El Fasher and its surrounding areas for Tawila in North Darfur, while food shortages, disrupted aid and fighting reaching new areas have driven others to leave. The displacement comes amid an escalation in North Kordofan and warnings of famine and acute hunger threatening around 28 million people.
Pregnant women in Jebel Marra, western Sudan, face increasing risks as health facilities close and medicines, medical staff and transport are in short supply. Families are forced to carry women on wooden stretchers along mountain paths, while local testimonies say mothers have died en route amid worsening hunger and deteriorating health conditions.
