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Sudan humanitarian update
The first United Nations humanitarian flight landed at Khartoum Airport on Thursday since the outbreak of the war in Sudan, UN humanitarian coordinator in Sudan Denise Brown said.
Brown called the event 'very important' for aid workers trying to reach millions in need.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk told the UN Human Rights Council that civilian deaths in Sudan doubled in 2025 compared to the previous year.
Türk also said 2025 saw an increase of more than two and a half times in civilian deaths compared with the year before, and the two statements create a contradiction in the reported figures.
He warned that thousands of other dead have not been identified or remain missing.
Türk said 'this war is grotesque. It is bloody and senseless,' blamed both parties to the conflict, and denounced foreign actors financing a 'high-tech' conflict.
He pointed to 'massacres' by the Rapid Support Forces during an attack on the Zamzam displacement camp in April and again in October in Al-Fashir.
Türk reported rising sexual violence including rape, sexual torture and slavery with more than 500 victims recorded in 2025.
He said bodies of Sudanese women and girls were used as weapons and stressed the 'urgent need' for political pressure on all parties to reach a humanitarian ceasefire.
Al-Fashir attacks and response
The United Nations said the Rapid Support Forces' attack on Al-Fashir amounts to war crimes.
The Core Group on Sudan at the UN Human Rights Council — represented by Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway and Britain — said the violence led by the Rapid Support Forces "constitutes war crimes and crimes against humanity, and carries characteristics of genocide."
The Core Group said it intends to form a coalition to prevent further atrocities.
The British foreign secretary called for an end to the flow of arms to Sudan and for the warring parties to sit at the negotiating table.
The British foreign secretary said urgent international action is necessary to stop the crimes and secure justice for victims.
Sudanese Justice Minister Abdullah Darf welcomed UN Security Council sanctions on Rapid Support Forces field leaders.
Sudanese Justice Minister Abdullah Darf said the process to designate the Rapid Support Forces as a terrorist group is proceeding on several tracks under Sudanese coordination with international partners.
Sudanese Justice Minister Abdullah Darf called for "the Rapid Support Forces" to be punished as a whole.
Sudanese Justice Minister Abdullah Darf warned that all conditions required to classify the Rapid Support Forces as a terrorist group are present, foremost among them genocide and forced displacement.
Sudan conflict update
The UN Security Council previously decided to impose sanctions, including travel bans and asset freezes, on four senior commanders of the Rapid Support Forces, a list topped by force commander General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (Hemedti), his brother and deputy Abdel Rahim Hamdan Dagalo, Major General Jadu Hamdan Ahmed and another deputy.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi said in a presidential statement that Egypt maintains a firm position supporting Sudan's stability and territorial unity during his reception of Sudanese Prime Minister Kamel Idris.
Presidential spokesman Mohamed El-Shennawy said Sisi pointed to Egyptian efforts at the regional and international levels aimed at ending the war and alleviating humanitarian suffering.
An Al Jazeera source reported that a Rapid Support Forces convoy shelled various sites in the town of Wadashana in North Kordofan on Thursday.
The article says the war has raged between the army and the Rapid Support Forces since April 2023.
The article says the war has caused one of the world's worst humanitarian crises, leaving tens of thousands dead and about 13 million displaced.
The article says the Rapid Support Forces control most of Darfur's five states while the Sudanese army retains influence in parts of North Darfur and in all other states.
The article says the Sudanese army retains influence in all other states, including the capital Khartoum where most of the country's 50 million residents are concentrated.