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Human Rights Groups Warn of “Dire” Conditions in Sudan’s Darfur Region

HeadlineApr 28, 2026

In Sudan, human rights workers say six people were killed Monday when a Sudanese army drone struck a camp for displaced people in the western Darfur region. Dozens more were wounded in the attack, which destroyed several homes and set off panic among displaced families. 

In El Fasher, the last major city in Darfur to fall to the UAE-backed paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, the Sudan Doctors Network reports that over 1,400 civilians, over 900 military personnel and 20 doctors are being held in dire conditions in detention facilities. The RSF is accused of committing ethnically motivated killings and field executions inside the detention centers, which have also seen a cholera outbreak since February.

Meanwhile, in East Darfur’s Labado, a measles outbreak has killed approximately 70 people and infected around 1,000 others since March, as the healthcare system has collapsed. According to the U.N., nearly 34 million people, about 65% of the population, are in urgent need of humanitarian support, and famine has been confirmed in Darfur and the Kordofans. This is Salha Musa, a displaced Sudanese woman.

Salha Musa: “Since we arrived in Tawila a month ago, we’ve been suffering from a severe lack of services, except for water, which we draw from wells. We have no other services here, and we desperately need assistance. Our children aren’t receiving an education. And I’m a nurse, but I can’t find work.” 

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