The Latest Breaking News from Kordofan

More than 300 children killed or injured in Sudan war in 6 months, UNICEF says

Sudan's brutal conflict has claimed over 300 young lives or left them injured in just six months, primarily due to drone attacks, UNICEF reports. The war, raging since April 2023, has devastated regions like Kordofan and Darfur, with civilian infrastructure increasingly targeted. International bodies are voicing grave concerns over escalating…

The Economic Times · Jul 6

UN warns of an 'imminent risk of mass atrocities' in Sudan's Kordofan

In Sudan, NGOs and the UN have warned of an "imminent risk of mass atrocities" in El-Obeid, a major city in North Kordofan. This comes as the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) step up their campaign against the regular army in the region.

Radio France Internationale · Jun 22

UN warns of atrocities in Sudan as RSF advances on city

The United Nations is fearful of another bloodbath in war-torn Sudan as a paramilitary group closes in on the city of El-Obeid in Kordofan state.

AAP · Jun 21

Drone strikes in Sudan's Kordofan region take a toll on civilians and aid operations

Drone strikes in Sudan’s Kordofan region are killing civilians and disrupting aid as the war grinds on

The Independent UK · Feb 18

Drone attacks shock city in central Sudan as war inches closer

Drone strikes have intensified in and around al-Obeid in central Sudan as the country's devastating civil war closes in on the army-controlled city, causing significant civilian deaths in at least two cases, residents say.

Radio France Internationale · Jan 22

Fighting spreads to North Kordofan as Sudan’s war turns deadlier

Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces are battling the army for control of North Kordofan, opening a dangerous new phase in a war that began in April 2023 and has caused what the United Nations has called “the world’s worst crisis”.

Radio France Internationale · Nov 6, 2025

Sudan's paramilitary kills at least 40 people as fighting spreads into Kordofan region

Sudan's paramilitary force has attacked the city of el-Obeid, killing at least 40 civilians

The Independent UK · Nov 5, 2025

Famine spreads to two more areas in Sudan, global hunger authority says

The world's leading authority on hunger crises says famine has spread to two regions in war-torn Sudan

The Independent UK · Nov 3, 2025

Villagers offer harrowing accounts of one of the deadliest attacks in Sudan's civil war

When rebels stormed into a village last month in Sudan, they gunned down civilians in their homes or as they tried to flee

The Independent UK · Aug 20, 2025

RSF attacks compound humanitarian crisis in Sudan’s strategic city

RSF attacks in North Kordofan are exacerbating the humanitarian crisis on the provincial capital of el-Obeid.

Al Jazeera · Jul 29, 2025