At least 28 displaced civilians, most of them women and children, were killed on Monday in a suspected General al-Burhan army attack (SAF) airstrike targeting a displacement camp in the Al-Sunut area of South Kordofan, according to local emergency responders and eyewitnesses.
Witnesses said the victims included 12 children and nine women, while dozens more were wounded. Evacuation of the injured to the only functioning hospital in the nearby town of Al-Fula reportedly took several hours due to a lack of ambulances, forcing residents to transport around 78 wounded people using improvised means. Several of the injured remain in critical condition.
Local Emergency Response Rooms said the camp was struck by four missiles fired from a Turkish-made drone, calling the attack a direct hit on a civilian shelter site. The group demanded an urgent and independent international investigation, as well as immediate measures to protect civilians and displacement centers.
The National Umma Party, part of the civilian coalition “Somoud,” condemned the attack as a serious violation of international humanitarian law, describing the continued targeting of civilians in Kordofan as a war crime that does not expire with time.
In a separate statement, the party said a market in the Al-Safi area north of Sodari in North Kordofan was also hit by a SAF drone, killing more than 20 civilians and injuring others. Similar drone attacks were reported in the Adikong area, in the rural outskirts of El-Geneina in West Darfur, resulting in additional civilian deaths.
The party urged the United Nations, the international community, and regional organizations to issue clear condemnations, apply meaningful pressure on all parties to halt attacks on civilians, and ensure unrestricted humanitarian access. It also called for an immediate humanitarian truce as a first step toward a permanent ceasefire.
Humanitarian groups warn that conditions across Greater Kordofan have deteriorated into a full-scale humanitarian catastrophe, as mass displacement continues amid severe shortages of food, healthcare, and basic services.
The UK-based monitoring group Sudan Witness said in December 2025 that it had documented at least 384 airstrikes since the war began, noting the figure is likely an undercount due to limited access and reporting constraints. Rights organizations estimate that air bombardment has killed around 5,500 civilians in Kordofan and Darfur since April 2023, with women and children making up roughly 60 percent of the victims.
