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U.N. briefing: escalating violence across Sudan, Chad, South Sudan and DRC strains humanitarian response
Summary
The U.N. reported intensifying drone attacks in Sudan, a surge of refugees into eastern Chad, airstrikes and displacement in South Sudan, growing armed clashes and sexual‑violence reports in eastern DRC, and a Libyan video alleged to show a detained MP tortured—UNSMIL is seeking forensic verification.
The U.N. spokesperson said United Nations humanitarian colleagues are “deeply concerned” by intensifying drone attacks on civilian infrastructure in Port Sudan, eastern Sudan, where the airport area, a fuel storage facility and a power transformer were reportedly struck early in the morning. He said flights of the U.N. humanitarian air service to and from Port Sudan remain on hold and that prolonged power outages linked to drone attacks have disrupted civilian life in other states.
The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported that a month‑long blackout in Northern State prevented farmers from operating electric water pumps and contributed to destruction of more than 84 square kilometres of crops; targeted damage to power infrastructure in River Nile State…
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