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Reports of the Secretary-General on the Sudan and South Sudan - Security Council, 10184th meeting
Sudan’s El Obeid at Risk of Becoming Another El Fasher, Security Council Speakers Warn, as Drone Use, Aid Constraints Intensify Risk of Mass Civilian Harm
The Security Council hears a briefing on Sudan.
Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo and Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF), Hannan Sulieman, brief the council.
In addition, Council and non-Council members, including Sudan, deliver statements.
As military pressure builds in and around the Sudanese city of El Obeid, the Security Council heard that immediate action is needed to prevent a repeat of atrocities committed in the city of El Fasher last year — which, in turn, echoed the 2004 horrors in Darfur.
The current escalation in El Obeid is characterized by increased deployment of substantial military reinforcements around the city by the Rapid Support Forces, who began warring with the Sudanese Armed Forces in April 2023. Concerns of a civil war were expressed to the Council several months later, and the war has now entered its fourth year.
More recently, the International Criminal Court has warned of an ongoing pattern of large-scale crimes against humanity across the Darfur region.
The Council itself has issued two press statements in 2026 concerning continued violence in Sudan — the first focusing on the Kordofan region and the second, issued just six days ago, on the situation in El Obeid.