AGP Executive Report

Sudan Peace Talks: Sudan’s government moved to restart a proposed national dialogue by dismissing criminal charges against people returning to take part, a step welcomed by the African Union but questioned by some opposition groups. War Fuels & Civilian Harm: A UN fact-finding mission says foreign fighters, drones, and military technology are strengthening both Sudan’s army and the RSF, with investigators citing drone strikes that hit hospitals, markets, and other civilian sites. Arms Embargo Push: US diplomats are pressing for a UN arms embargo covering all Sudan, arguing it’s key to stopping the flow of weapons and foreign support; the Darfur-only embargo is set to expire soon. Health Impact of Conflict: The same UN reporting warns civilians are paying the price through attacks on healthcare and other civilian infrastructure. Public Health Signal: WHO flagged Sudan’s West Kordofan as a new cholera outbreak hotspot. Humanitarian Crisis on the Ground: Displacement and health catastrophe continue to deepen for people in Darfur and Kordofan, with aid access under pressure.

Sudan War & Civilian Health: A UN fact-finding mission says the Sudanese Armed Forces expanded drone capabilities using foreign-supplied systems and carried out strikes on civilian areas including hospitals and markets, raising concerns of serious violations and war crimes. Aid Access Under Fire: The Sudan Doctors Network reports RSF attacks on a UN humanitarian convoy in South Kordofan, killing one and injuring two, threatening food and medicine delivery to thousands. Cholera Alert (West Kordofan): WHO flags El Idai in West Kordofan as a cholera hotspot, with at least 10 deaths and 40+ infections reported; vaccination is planned for 928,000 people, but medicine and IV fluids are scarce due to fighting. Blue Nile Escalation: Sudan’s Sovereign Council chair Abdel Fattah al-Burhan inspected army readiness in Damazin, including the military hospital, as clashes with RSF and SPLM-N intensify. External Supply Lines: Another UN report warns foreign weapons, military technology, fighters, and logistics are sustaining the conflict and enabling deeper strikes into civilian areas.

Blue Nile Frontline Care and Readiness: Sudan’s Sovereignty Council chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan inspected army readiness and the Damazin military hospital in Blue Nile as clashes with RSF and SPLM-N escalate, stressing vigilance and care for wounded soldiers. War’s External Fuel: A UN fact-finding mission says foreign weapons, drones, fighters, and logistics are sustaining Sudan’s war and enabling drone strikes that hit civilians, with some conduct potentially amounting to war crimes. Aid Convoy Attacked: RSF reportedly targeted a UN humanitarian convoy in South Kordofan’s Dilling, killing one and injuring two truck drivers while aid was en route to people facing shortages of food and medicine. Humanitarian Health Collapse: Reports from North Darfur and West Kordofan describe severe malnutrition among children and widespread disease, alongside limited medicines and near-absence of humanitarian support. Doctors Without Borders Model: A feature explains how Doctors Without Borders keeps independence and neutrality to deliver medical care where it’s most needed, amid rising politicization and danger for aid work. Minimum Wage Accountability (UK): Separate coverage lists UK employers “named and shamed” for underpaying workers, including NHS-linked hospital groups—relevant as a reminder of how health services depend on fair labor conditions. Rare Medical Case: A Khartoum case report details a man who swallowed a 20cm toothbrush and carried it for years before seeking care for abdominal pain and swallowing issues.

Humanitarian Access & Aid Safety: On World Humanitarian Day, the UN warned that attacks on aid workers hit record levels in 2025, with 907 killed, injured or abducted—Gaza again the deadliest context—highlighting how drone warfare is raising risks for civilians and health responders. Sudan War Logistics & Peace Oversight: A new analysis argues Europe must confront Sudan’s multiple supply lines sustaining violence, noting the current arms embargo framework is still anchored to Darfur while the conflict now spans Khartoum, Kordofan, Darfur and the Red Sea. Child Health in Displacement: Reports from Darfur and West Kordofan describe a catastrophic, “forgotten” health situation: thousands of children in North Darfur suffering malnutrition and a cholera outbreak in West Kordofan, with limited medicines and no humanitarian presence. Refugee Health in the Region: In eastern Chad, Sudanese refugees walked about 20 km in heavy rain to demand food and cash after months without assistance, while storms damaged shelters at Mile camp. Sudan Dialogue & Women’s Rights: Sudanese women leaders are questioning whether El Burhan’s proposed dialogue can work without a ceasefire, independent guarantees, and real participation for women. Measles Risk: A global health piece flags that measles cases are expected to surge in 2026, driven by falling vaccination coverage—an urgent reminder for Sudan’s immunization needs amid displacement. Clinical Care Gaps: Another report highlights how barriers to patient care persist for doctors, underscoring staffing and access pressures that can worsen outcomes in conflict settings.

Humanitarian Health Crisis in Darfur & Kordofan: In North Darfur’s Malha, about 6,200 children are reported malnourished (including 1,500 with severe acute malnutrition), while West Kordofan’s Um Jak and Hamir Um Taqola face a cholera outbreak amid widespread TB, anaemia and diarrhoea—medicines are scarce and aid groups absent, with calls for emergency teams and investigation. Displaced Families Push for Aid in Chad: Sudanese refugees in eastern Chad walked around 20km from Marra camp to Amliouna after months without food or cash, as storms damaged shelters at Mile camp and injured some residents. Sudan’s Children Need Urgent Support: Save the Children says more than 17 million children in Sudan need humanitarian assistance as displacement accelerates and attacks hit water and electricity infrastructure in central Kordofan. Clinic and Vaccination Response for Displaced People: MSF reports setting up screening and referral at Abu Jubayhah for malaria, malnutrition and maternal health, expanding emergency care and supporting multi-disease catch-up vaccinations for displaced and host communities. Sudan Dialogue Raises Women’s Rights Questions: Women leaders challenge whether proposed dialogue can deliver without ceasefire, guarantees and real participation, warning that political conditions will shape health and protection outcomes. Mental Health Under Polycrisis: A new focus on children’s mental health argues psychosocial support must be treated as life-saving in Sudan’s overlapping crises, not an optional add-on.

Mental Health in Emergencies: A new report argues children in Sudan’s overlapping crises need Mental Health and Psychosocial Support as a life-saving part of humanitarian care, not an optional add-on. Displacement & Child Needs: Save the Children says more than 17 million children in Sudan need humanitarian assistance as fighting drives new displacement and strains basic services. Water, Health & Clinics for Displaced People: MSF describes mobile medical support in South Kordofan, linking severe diarrhoea, malaria, malnutrition, and maternal care to urgent clinic referrals and vaccination catch-up. Drone Strikes Fuel Disease Risk: Reports from El Obeid highlight strikes on power and water infrastructure, leaving camps with extremely low water access and raising fears of outbreaks. Doctors Struggle to Deliver Care: A Medical Council workforce report finds one-in-four doctors face weekly barriers to patient care, citing bureaucracy, overcrowding, delays, and lack of equipment. Khartoum Reintegration Gap: Coverage warns that people returning to Khartoum may still lack electricity, clean water, medical care, housing, and safety—so “return” doesn’t equal recovery. Women’s Role in Dialogue: Sudanese women leaders question whether planned dialogue can work without ceasefire conditions, protections, and real participation. Emergency Response Rooms Accountability: A piece raises the question of who represents Sudan’s Emergency Response Rooms and how representatives are chosen. Civilian Harm in Conflict: Rights reporting notes deadly drone attacks in North Kordofan, underscoring ongoing risks to civilians and access to care.

Humanitarian Access & Displacement: Sudan’s crisis is worsening fast: Save the Children says 17+ million children need help, while UN-linked reporting highlights 200,000+ newly displaced in Central Kordofan and attacks on water and electricity in El Obeid. Water, Health & Disease Risk: Doctors Without Borders reports drone strikes have crippled El Obeid’s power and water systems, cutting camp water to about a litre per person per day and raising sanitation and illness risks. Return to Khartoum, But No Recovery Yet: UNHCR warns that people returning to Khartoum still face major gaps in health services, clean water, housing, livelihoods, and security—power cuts and rising costs remain daily barriers. Women’s Protection & Peace Conditions: Women’s leaders question whether El Burhan’s proposed dialogue can work without a ceasefire, enforceable guarantees, and real participation; separate reporting backs an arms embargo as a direct way to reduce violence against women. Local Health System Strain: A separate health workforce report notes one-in-four doctors face weekly barriers to patient care—bureaucracy, overcrowding, delays, and lack of equipment are key problems. Community Care on the Ground: MSF describes clinics and referrals for malaria, malnutrition, maternal health, and diarrhoea among newly displaced families in South Kordofan camps.

Sudan Emergency Response Rooms: A new report raises tough questions about who represents Sudan’s Emergency Response Rooms and how spokespersons are chosen, after the group gained international attention for running kitchens, health centres, water systems and evacuation routes across 13 states. Khartoum Return & Reintegration: UN-linked reporting warns that people returning to Khartoum may still face major gaps in electricity, clean water, medical care, housing, schooling and safety—so “return numbers” don’t automatically mean recovery. Blue Nile Displacement & Health Risks: In Geissan’s City 12 area, nearly 20,000 people have been displaced by renewed fighting, with dire shortages of shelter materials, food, drinking water and health services. Drone Strikes Hit Water & Power in El Obeid: Doctors Without Borders says attacks on markets, schools, fuel, power and water points have crippled municipal supply, pushing camp water to just over 1 litre per person per day and driving up costs. Women, Arms Embargo Debate: A rights-focused piece argues expanding the Darfur arms embargo to all Sudan is tied directly to protecting women from sexual and gender-based violence and improving their safety and freedom of movement.

Drone Strikes & Water/Cholera Risk: UN agencies report drone attacks in El Obeid, Sudan, hitting markets, schools, fuel stations, power and water points, crippling services for Khartoum’s half-million residents and 100,000 displaced people; Doctors Without Borders says the power grid and water distribution are badly damaged, forcing reliance on seasonal dams and boreholes, with water down to just over 1 litre per person per day and prices soaring. Blue Nile Displacement & Health Needs: In Geissan (City 12), Blue Nile, escalating RSF-SPLM-N fighting has driven nearly 20,000 people from homes, with dire shortages of shelter materials, food, drinking water and health services. Khartoum Returnee Strain: UNHCR says returnees to Khartoum state face major gaps in housing, health services, water, livelihoods, security and education, as frequent power cuts and rising prices slow recovery. Women’s Safety & Arms Embargo Debate: A US push to expand the Darfur arms embargo across all Sudan is framed as a women’s rights issue, with activists warning that weapon flows fuel sexual and gender-based violence and restrict women’s safety and movement. Local Health System Pressure: Reports also highlight how conflict and infrastructure damage are worsening access to care across Sudan’s frontline areas.

Blue Nile Displacement: Nearly 20,000 people have fled in Sudan’s Blue Nile state’s Geissan area (City 12) as fighting between RSF and SPLM-N escalates, leaving families—children, women, and the elderly—scattered across towns and shelters with dire shortages of shelter materials, food, drinking water, and health services. North Kordofan Civilian Harm: Dar Hamar Emergency Room reports RSF attacks in Al-Qaa west of Bara and nearby villages killed four civilians, with looting and terrorizing of communities; the group is calling for urgent medical care and protection for trapped residents. Returnee Strain in Khartoum: In Khartoum, returnees face ongoing gaps in housing, health services, water, livelihoods, and security, with frequent power and water cuts and rising prices slowing recovery. Women and Arms Controls: A push to expand Sudan-wide arms embargoes is framed as a women’s safety issue, warning that weapon flows fuel sexual and gender-based violence and restrict women’s movement and access to life-saving services.

Blue Nile Displacement: Nearly 20,000 people have been forced from their homes in Sudan’s Blue Nile state as clashes intensify, according to a local emergency group, with families, children, women and elderly people scattering across areas including Shira, Abu Qami and Al-Hilla Al-Qadima and seeking shelter toward Damazin; the group warns of dire humanitarian conditions and rising health risks amid shortages of shelter and essentials. North Kordofan Attacks: The Dar Hamar Emergency Room reports four civilians killed in RSF attacks in Al-Qaa west of Bara, alongside looting and terrorizing of communities, with injuries and missing persons also reported and calls for urgent medical and protection support. Khartoum Return Strain: Returnees in Khartoum face major gaps in housing, health services, water, livelihoods, security and education, with frequent power cuts and rising prices making recovery harder for families rebuilding after years of war. Arms Embargo and Women’s Safety: A push to expand the Darfur arms embargo across Sudan is framed as a women’s health and rights issue, linking weapon flows to increased sexual and gender-based violence and restrictions on women’s movement and access to safety. Security Forecast: Satellite analysis by Yale researchers points to a major escalation in military activity at an Ethiopian National Defence Forces base near the Sudan border, suggesting heightened risk of renewed RSF action in Blue Nile.

North Kordofan Civilian Harm: A drone strike in Um Sharu (Sodari locality) killed at least eight civilians and injured dozens, destroying four vehicles, with rights groups warning wounded people may be denied urgent medical care. North Kordofan Emergency Needs: Another report says RSF attacks in Al-Qaa area west of Bara killed four civilians and looted property, prompting calls for Sudanese Red Crescent and humanitarian groups to provide medical care. Blue Nile Frontline Pressure: RSF claims it seized strategic bases of Sarkam and Bakuri in Blue Nile, a move that could further strain already limited access to health services near the Ethiopia border. Food & Health in Displacement: Displaced families in El Obeid (North Kordofan) report severe shortages of food and water, with children “bursting into tears,” as aid is described as insufficient. Medicines & Safety Watch: Singapore’s HSA says sales of unaffected Medicube PDRN Pink Collagen Capsule Cream batches can resume after testing found no Sudan IV dye in those samples, while affected batches were recalled.

Sudan Crisis & Civilian Health: In North Kordofan, a drone strike hit civilians traveling in Um Sharu (Sodari locality), killing 8 and injuring dozens, with reports the drone struck again as people tried to evacuate the wounded—raising urgent fears of worsening access to medical care. Blue Nile Frontline Risks: The RSF claimed it seized strategic bases in Sarkam and Bakuri in Blue Nile, a move that could further disrupt civilian movement and health services near the Ethiopia border. Humanitarian Hunger in Kordofan: Displaced families in El Obeid, North Kordofan, reported severe shortages of food and water, with children “bursting into tears” as aid remains insufficient. Khartoum Movement Rules: Sudan lifted Khartoum’s 2-year curfew and state of emergency, but kept checkpoints and patrols, and tightened entry rules for foreign nationals—changes that can affect how people reach clinics. Food & Health Threats: A Sudanese delegate warned at COP17 that land degradation is eroding agricultural output, driving down food production and increasing disease risk across Sudan and neighbors. Medicines Safety Watch: Separate from Sudan, Singapore’s HSA said Medicube PDRN Pink Collagen Capsule Cream sales can resume for unaffected batches after testing found no Sudan IV dye—highlighting how contamination scares can quickly become public health issues. Regional Aid & Returns: Kuwait’s humanitarian campaign prepared flights to return Sudanese refugees from Uganda to Khartoum, alongside relief, education, and water projects.

Drone attacks on civilians: Rights groups report at least 8 people killed and dozens injured after drones struck civilian convoys and vehicles in North Kordofan (Um Sharu/Sodari), with allegations of repeat strikes while people tried to evacuate the wounded—raising urgent concerns about access to medical care and possible violations of international humanitarian law. Darfur market bombing claims: The Western Darfur Civil Administration accuses the Sudanese Armed Forces of hitting the Adekong border market with a drone during peak trading, killing and injuring civilians (including Chadian nationals) and threatening cross-border commerce and humanitarian delivery via the Adré corridor. Blue Nile front updates: The RSF claims it took control of the Sarkam and Bakuri military bases in Blue Nile, a move that could further widen fighting near the Ethiopia border and deepen the humanitarian crisis. Food and health risks from land degradation: A Sudanese delegate warns at COP17 that worsening land degradation is eroding agricultural output, driving down food production and increasing disease risk. Kordofan displacement and hunger signals: IOM and local reporting describe large-scale displacement across Kordofan, while the Kordofan Observatory warns of an imminent famine in parts of the region as families turn to low-nutrition ambaz and face soaring millet prices amid aid cutoffs. Public health supply concern (cosmetics): In Singapore, regulators say Medicube PDRN Pink Collagen Capsule Cream sales can resume for unaffected batches after testing found only trace Sudan IV dye in two batches—an example of how banned substances can still reach consumers.

Drone strikes and civilian harm in Kordofan: A Sudanese rights group reports a drone attack on Um Sharu in Sodari, North Kordofan, killing 8 civilians and injuring dozens, with four civilian vehicles destroyed and strikes reportedly hitting as people tried to evacuate the wounded—raising fears of worsening access to care. Khartoum security changes: Sudan lifted Khartoum’s two-year curfew and a state of emergency, but kept checkpoints and patrols, and warned residents to carry IDs; foreign entry rules also tightened. Medicines and safety checks: In Singapore, regulators say Medicube PDRN Pink Collagen Capsule Cream sales can resume for unaffected batches after testing found no Sudan IV dye; affected batches were recalled and companies were ordered to submit test reports for every batch. Land degradation and health risks: A Sudanese delegate warned at COP17 that worsening land degradation is eroding agricultural output, undermining food production and increasing disease risk across Sudan and neighboring countries. Displacement and health strain: IOM reports renewed fighting and seasonal floods are compounding displacement in Kordofan, with families losing access to water, electricity, and healthcare.

Khartoum Security Update: Sudan lifted Khartoum’s 2-year curfew and a state of emergency, but kept security checkpoints and patrols, and warned that foreign nationals face entry bans without valid visas/permits—movement rules still affect access to care. Displacement + Floods: IOM reports fighting plus seasonal floods are worsening Sudan’s displacement crisis: over 200,000 newly displaced in Kordofan since late 2025, with 8.6 million internally displaced nationwide; power outages from drone strikes are disrupting water, hospitals, and telecoms. Kordofan Hunger Warning: The Kordofan Observatory warns of imminent famine signs as families in parts of North Kordofan shift to “ambaz” and millet prices soar, while fighting and blocked trade/humanitarian access tighten the food squeeze. Aid Logistics for Hospitals: Airlink and partners moved 6.7 tonnes of medicines and supplies into West Darfur to support hospitals and clinics, highlighting how permits, security, and transport constraints shape whether patients get treatment. Women’s Health in War: An opinion piece stresses how Sudan’s conflict has sharply increased demand for sexual and gender-based violence services, linking war to collapsing protections and health access for women and girls. Local Court Case (Health & Safety): In Leeds, a Sudan-born man with catatonic schizophrenia was jailed for 25 years after a broken-bottle stabbing of a woman 30 times—an extreme reminder of mental health and safeguarding gaps.