At least five killed in Sudan’s South Kordofan in attack by rebel group
Sudan Doctors Network says SPLM-N forces shelled residential areas in the town of Dilling.
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Sudan Doctors Network says SPLM-N forces shelled residential areas in the town of Dilling.
![Displaced women from South Kordofan sit on the ground in El Obeid, North Kordofan State, Sudan [File: El Tayeb Siddig/Reuters]](https://aljazeeranews-mggx1uo47w.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/2026-01-27T135611Z_8139452_RC2P9JAFUR4S_RTRMADP_3_SUDAN-POLITICS-SOUTH-KORDOFAN-1788589280.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
![Sudanese refugee who fled Al-Fashir amid ongoing conflict in Sudan between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese army at the Iridimi refugee camp, northwest of the town of Iriba, eastern Chad, November 27, 2025 [Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters]](https://aljazeeranews-mggx1uo47w.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/2026-05-27T142152Z_719326691_RC2Y4IAX3CHK_RTRMADP_3_SUDAN-POLITICS-SURVIVORS-1788447298.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)



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UN warns of surging displacement in Kordofan as power and water infrastructure comes under attack in el-Obeid.
Al-Burhan pledged temporary immunity and legal protections for participants in a Sudanese national dialogue.

Sudanese army air defenses reportedly intercepted drones launched by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) over el-Obeid.
Officials accuse the Rapid Support Forces of carrying out the killings, saying grave held remains of children and women.
Al-Burhan engaged in discreet consultations aiming to pave the way for a comprehensive Sudanese dialogue conference.
Sudan’s military repels a series of offensives by the RSF paramilitary in a strategically significant region.
War in Sudan has left over 8 million children out of school, and nearly three-quarters of schools have been affected.

Women displaced by Sudan’s war are speaking publicly about surviving rape by Rapid Support Forces fighters.
Charity warns that shrinking humanitarian support could threaten efforts to support communities trying to rebuild lives.
The lack of international action after the atrocities in el-Geneina and el-Fasher has doomed el-Obeid.