1-7 February 2026 Sudan News Summary: attacks on aid convoys, pressure on takaya kitchens, suffering continues in North Darfur

7 Feb

Arabic news roundup

By William Greenwood

The government of North Kordofan state accused the RSF on Friday of bombing humanitarian aid convoys and fuel trucks at three locations in the state using drones.
In a statement, the local government condemned the RSF attacks on trucks belonging to the World Food Programme (WFP).
The statement called on the international community, human rights organisations, and UN agencies to take decisive action and impose deterrent sanctions to prosecute RSF leaders.
The drone attacks occurred along the road linking El Obeid, the capital of North Kordofan state, and Kosti in White Nile state.
Military sources reported that RSF drones targeted trucks carrying food supplies on the road between the towns of Al Rahad and Umm Ruwaba in North Kordofan state, resulting in the death of one civilian and injuries to others.

A member of the Emergency Reponse Rooms (ERRs) confirmed in a statement that the ERRs are facing extremely complex challenges due to escalating problems with the security services.
These problems have forced most of them to shift to alternative activities, moving away from takayas and charity kitchens, due to strict security and administrative restrictions.
Current efforts are focused on maintaining school furniture and teachers' offices, cleaning schools, and providing meals to students, as is the case in the Al-Jereif East area.
Field reports indicate that approximately forty percent of the operating kitchens in Khartoum State have ceased operations, particularly in the East Nile and Ombada areas, which are witnessing a complete shutdown of kitchens amidst internal conflicts described as being instigated by elements of the dissolved National Congress Party to obstruct voluntary efforts.
The ERRs are demanding the provision of genuine protection measures to ensure their continued operation, especially after many rooms lost the takaya premises they occupied following the decision to reopen schools and convert them to serve the educational process instead of providing meals.

By Samuel Hunt

Refugees have described their flight from El Fasher to Tawila, describing violence and extortion as well as challenging circumstances when they arrived at their destination.
More than 120,000 people fled the RSF’s capture of el-Fasher – approximately 75 percent of whom were already internally displaced people (IDPs) seeking refuge there – the International Organization for Migration said in January, while the World Food Programme says between 70,000 and 100,000 remain trapped in the city.
Mohamed Badawi, a Sudanese human rights activist with the Uganda-based African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies who monitors Darfur, said of those remaining in El Fasher that “the people inside are depending on their friends around the world … who send them money. There are no services inside the city. No water, no internet, no food. It has become a city in the dark centuries.”
The Sudan Doctors Network warned in October that Tawila’s health facilities are suffering from a severe shortage of medicines and medical supplies, a lack of suitable food for children, and even safe drinking water.
Zahra Mohamed Ali Abakar, 29, who fled el-Fasher months earlier, in June, said: “We sleep on the ground and under the sky. There are no tents; people are using sacks to cover themselves from the sun and in cold weather.”

Source: Al Jazeera

Bill Greenwood