More Than 200 Civilians Killed in Fresh Darfur Attacks, Sudan Doctors Network Says

Sudan, 28 December 2025 - More than 200 civilians, including women and children, have been killed in a new wave of attacks in Sudan’s Darfur region, according to a Sudanese medical advocacy group, deepening fears that violence against civilians is intensifying as the country’s civil war grinds on.

The Sudan Doctors Network said fighters from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) carried out coordinated assaults over recent days on several towns and villages in West and North Darfur, including Sirba, Ambro and Abu Qumra. The affected areas serve as key refuge points for thousands of internally displaced people who have already fled earlier fighting.

Citing testimonies from survivors who crossed into eastern Chad and reached displacement camps in the Tina area, the network said civilians were deliberately targeted on ethnic grounds. Victims were reportedly killed inside their homes and local markets, while entire communities were forced to flee with little more than the clothes they were wearing.

“These attacks amount to a blatant violation of humanitarian and international law,” the doctors’ group said, warning that continued violence would push thousands more civilians across the border into Chad, where humanitarian conditions are already dire. Refugees arriving in the area are facing severe shortages of food, clean water and medical care.

The latest killings come as the RSF moves to tighten its grip on parts of western North Darfur, raising concerns among local observers that further attacks could follow, particularly in towns close to the Chadian border.