The United Nations has called for an immediate ceasefire in Sudan, warning that escalating drone warfare and attacks on civilian infrastructure are deepening the country's already devastating humanitarian crisis.
More than six million people have been displaced within Sudan, while another 4.5 million have fled the country since fighting erupted between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk warned that civilians face an imminent risk of further attacks as fighting intensifies in Kordofan, Blue Nile and Darfur.
Türk called for an immediate end to hostilities, an end to foreign involvement in the conflict, and a return to civilian-led rule.
The warning comes as a UN fact-finding mission has documented the increasing use of long-range drones by both the SAF and RSF, enabling both sides to strike targets far beyond traditional front lines.
Investigators documented attacks on markets, hospitals and other civilian infrastructure, including deadly strikes in South Kordofan.
Drone attacks on a kindergarten and a hospital killed 114 people, including 60 children, while a separate attack on a teaching hospital left at least 70 people dead.
The destruction of healthcare facilities has put further pressure on a medical system already severely damaged by years of conflict, leaving civilians with increasingly limited access to treatment.
UN investigators said there were reasonable grounds to believe that both sides had committed serious violations of international humanitarian law, some of which may amount to war crimes.
Sudan has been engulfed in conflict since April 2023, when a power struggle between the SAF, led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the RSF, led by Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, erupted into open warfare.
Despite repeated international efforts to secure a ceasefire, fighting has continued to spread across the country, creating one of the world’s largest displacement and humanitarian crises.
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