Over 55,000 Sudanese refugees have crossed into eastern Chad this year, with the UN refugee agency reporting approximately 400 people per day now fleeing—about 20 times the previous daily rate. The UN is calling for increased funding to address the humanitarian crisis.
Sudan's medical infrastructure is deteriorating amid spreading disease and epidemics, doctors warn, as Egypt, Sudan and US officials meet to discuss ending the ongoing conflict that has devastated the country's healthcare system.
The UN Security Council unanimously voted to extend the current arms embargo on Sudan's Darfur region for one month while negotiations continue on a contentious US proposal to expand the embargo nationwide. Sudan's UN ambassador argued that a total arms embargo would violate the UN Charter's guarantee of countries' right to self-defense.
Three dozen health facilities serving more than 400,000 people in Sudan are closing this year due to global aid funding cuts, according to aid groups and medical charity MSF. The closures are pushing Sudan's already fragile healthcare system toward collapse amid more than three years of ongoing war.
At least 10 people have died and more than 40 have been infected with cholera in Sudan's West Kordofan state, with cases recorded in El Idai locality over Sunday and Monday. The World Health Organization has identified the region as the latest cholera outbreak hotspot, reporting more than 2,600 cholera cases nationwide.
The Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, aligned with the Rapid Support Forces, killed 27 people including four children in attacks in South Kordofan, according to the Sudan Doctors Network. The violence comes as Trump's Africa envoy calls for a country-wide UN arms embargo amid escalating drone attacks.
Sudan's Rapid Support Forces renewed their assault on al-Obeid and intensified drone attacks across the country following battlefield losses, while officials discovered a mass grave containing at least 25 bodies, including women and children, in Kurmuk after the army retook the town.
Sudan's Rapid Support Forces renewed their assault on al-Obeid and intensified drone attacks across the country following battlefield losses, while officials discovered a mass grave containing at least 25 bodies, including women and children, in Kurmuk after the army retook the town.
Nearly 6,000 people were displaced in one day from West Darfur amid clashes between Sudan's army and the Rapid Support Forces, while a mass grave containing at least 25 bodies, including women and children, was discovered in Kurmuk after the army retook the town.
Heavy clashes broke out near Sheraro in western Tigray on August 1, 2026, between the Ethiopian National Defense Force and Tigray People's Liberation Front forces, marking one of the most serious breaches of the 2022 Pretoria peace agreement. Hundreds of civilians have fled into Sudan as fighting subsided by August 2.
United Nations experts have verified that Boeing 727 aircraft previously identified by Reuters as connected to a U.S. military contractor's network were used to transport mercenaries, weapons and drones for Sudan's Rapid Support Forces, according to a draft U.N. report scheduled for September publication.
The Sudanese Armed Forces announced it has regained full control of the major highway connecting Khartoum to El-Obeid in North Kordofan State, capturing key towns including Umm Qarfa and Juraikh. The advance aims to break the months-long siege of El-Obeid by the rival Rapid Support Forces, though RSF responded with drone strikes on the city.
The ICC terminated proceedings against former Darfur rebel commander Abdallah Banda after prosecutors withdrew charges related to alleged 2007 war crimes, citing collapsed evidence in the long-running case.
A cholera outbreak in war-torn Sudan has killed over 100 people, with the World Health Organization warning conditions could deteriorate further due to ongoing conflict, mass displacement, rainy season, and restricted aid access to besieged areas like El-Obeid.
International Criminal Court officials have announced a major breakthrough in their investigation of war crimes in Sudan's Darfur region, with new evidence allowing prosecutors to connect atrocities to senior leadership figures. The development was revealed in public comments by ICC Deputy Prosecutor Nazhat Khan in July 2026.
UNICEF reports at least 330 children were killed or injured in Sudan during the first six months of 2026, as the Rapid Support Forces besieged el-Obeid, razed villages in Darfur, and displaced thousands. The escalating conflict includes lethal drone attacks and increasingly difficult humanitarian conditions.
The Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group has surrounded el-Obeid, capital of North Kordofan state, trapping approximately 500,000 civilians amid constant drone strikes. Fears are mounting that the city could face a massacre similar to the prolonged siege of el-Fasher.
UN human rights chief Volker Turk has warned of an unfolding humanitarian catastrophe in El Obeid, Sudan, amid fears of an imminent assault by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Reports indicate ongoing bombardment, including drone strikes, that are hitting critical infrastructure and restricting movement as civilians struggle to access food and water.
The strategically important city of El Obeid in Sudan faces intensifying drone attacks by paramilitary forces, with the UN reporting a humanitarian aid truck carrying 50 metric tons of supplies was destroyed near Tendelti. Aid workers describe the situation as terrible, with strikes hitting schools and fuel stations.
The United States, United Nations, United Kingdom, and European nations have issued urgent warnings that Sudan's Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group could commit mass atrocities against civilians in El-Obeid, a strategic city of half a million people in central Sudan that RSF forces have surrounded.
The UN human rights chief condemned a sharp increase in drone warfare in Sudan's ongoing conflict, reporting that more than 1,000 civilians were killed in drone strikes during the first five months of 2026. Drone warfare has become an increasingly prominent feature of Sudan's civil conflict.
The family of Stephen Ogilvie, who lost an eye in a knife attack in Belfast, has condemned the anti-immigrant violence that erupted across the city following the incident. A 30-year-old Sudanese man has been charged with attempted murder as masked rioters burned homes and vehicles, forcing families to flee.
Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Belfast, with some setting vehicles alight, after police charged a Sudanese man with attempted murder following a knife attack that left one person with serious neck and head wounds. UK leaders and police have called for calm amid accusations that far-right groups are seeking to foment wider unrest.
The United Nations human rights chief warned that intensifying violence and increased use of drones in Sudan's conflict have killed approximately 880 civilians in the first three months of 2026, with most deaths concentrated in Kordofan and Darfur regions, though strikes are spreading to other areas.
Sudan has accused Ethiopia and the United Arab Emirates of being behind recent drone strikes on Khartoum airport, claiming the attacks were launched from Ethiopian territory using UAE-supplied drones. Sudan has recalled its ambassador to Ethiopia in response to the incident.
Four people died attempting to cross the English Channel in a small boat, with two men and two women swept away by currents while trying to board a dinghy off the French coast. A Sudanese man was arrested on suspicion of endangering life.
