UN Raises Alarm Over Rising Abuses and Cholera in Sudan
The humanitarian crisis in Sudan has dramatically worsened in 2026, and the United Nations is calling it the world's worst humanitarian emergency.
At least 59,000 civilians have been killed and 14 million displaced since fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) erupted in 2024. 33.7 million now require urgent humanitarian assistance. Intensified attacks have devastated civilian infrastructure, left hundreds of thousands at risk, and fuelled deadly disease outbreaks, including cholera, which has infected more than 1,300 people and killed at least 114.
The UN has also reported a surge in human rights violations, including summary executions, torture, sexual violence and ethnically motivated attacks, while warning that restricted humanitarian access is worsening the crisis.
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The UN Security Council has raised alarm over reports that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are amassing troops around El Obeid, the capital of North Kordofan state. It warned that a potential offensive could lead to mass atrocities.
The Council called on the RSF to immediately halt its assault and urged all parties in Sudan's
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The United Nations has warned that Sudan's war is at risk of escalating as the strategic city of El Obeid comes under continuous drone attacks, leaving civilians trapped and deepening an already catastrophic humanitarian crisis.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said at least 45 civilians were killed in 15 drone strikes in June, with markets, schools, hospitals, water infrastructure and
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UNICEF has said that at least 330 children were killed or injured in the first half of 2026 in Sudan, 60% of them due to drone attacks. The agency warned that children are facing escalating violence, displacement and deprivation as fighting between rival military forces continues. Darfur and Kordofan states continued to record the highest levels
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People continue to be displaced by conflict in Sudan (file photo).
