Security Council LIVE: Sudan’s war spreads as drones and hunger take a deadly toll

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As drone strikes kill civilians from El Obeid to Blue Nile and famine risk spreads across Darfur and Kordofan, the Security Council meets on Sudan – the world’s largest hunger and displacement crisis. Ambassadors are expected to press yet again for a ceasefire, safe aid access and an end to the weapons flows fuelling the brutal conflict.

As drone strikes kill civilians from El Obeid to Blue Nile and famine risk spreads across Darfur and Kordofan, the Security Council meets on Sudan – the world’s largest hunger and displacement crisis. Ambassadors are expected to press yet again for a ceasefire, safe aid access and an end to the weapons flows fuelling the brutal conflict.

Key facts

  • 20 million people face acute hunger, 200,000 at catastrophe levels

  • Famine risk rising in parts of Darfur and Greater Kordofan

  • More than 700,000 displaced people in Tawila short of food, water and healthcare

  • Drone strike near Ethiopian border killed 41 displaced people on 10 October

  • Arms embargo still confined to Darfur; sanctions extended to 11 December

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