Thirteen children die from starvation amid Sudan’s civil war, as thousands more face hunger and disease in worsening humanitarian crisis. Image: The Guardian.
(The Post News)– 40 people in Sudan have lost their lives in a drone strike that targeted a funeral that took place outside the army-held city of El-Obeid in the state of North Kordofan.
Citizens and the community put blame on the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) for the attack that transpired on 3rd November 2025 on al-Luweib village as mourners were gathered in a tent for a funeral service. The RSF has not made any commentary to date.
Many have been reported to have met their demise before receiving medical attention in el-Obeid hospital. Obeid is a strategic city that connects the capital, Khartoum, to the western region of Darfur.
Fighting and turmoil have reportedly erupted and intensified in the oil-rich area of Kordofan; an approximate number of 20,000 individuals found refuge in el-Obeid last week, following the capture of Bara town (18 km north of the city) by the RSF.
The town and the city of el-Fasher collapsed congruently to each other; this was considered as the army’s last stronghold in Darfur. Reports about alleged mass killings, sexual misconduct, kidnappings, and widespread looting in Fasher City by RSF fighters have reached the internet surface level.
The UN stated that a summary of executions of civilians by RSF fighters has been reported in Bara. The International Criminal Court (ICC) warned that atrocities of this nature may amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity.
The RSF leader made a promise that an investigation of “violations” will be conducted; however, his paramilitary group denied allegations that widespread killings in El Fasher are ethnically motivated, alongside following a pattern of Arab paramilitaries targeting non-Arab paramilitaries.
Starvation Has Taken a Toll
The ICC’s statement followed after a global group of food security experts made a confirmation on 3rd November 2025, Monday, that el-Fasher residents have been suffering from famine, which is a result of the RSF’s 18-month city siege.
The UN-accredited Integrated Food Security Phase network (IPC) confirmed that the city of Kadugli, South Kordofan, is in a severe state of hunger.
UN chief Antonio Guterres had called for a halt with immediate effect to Sudanese violence, warning that the humanitarian crisis is in a very compromised position.
Guterres mentioned, “The horrifying crisis in Sudan has spiraled out of control.”
“El-Fasher and surrounding areas have been deemed the hotspot of suffering, hunger, violence, and displacement. Ever since the RSF made an entrance into el-Fasher last weekend, the situation has rapidly worsened on a daily basis.”
Guterres urged the army and RSF to negotiate and bring an end to this nightmare.
A Sudanese government source had informed the AFP that authorities have been considering a US proposal for truce purposes.
Washington, including various other states, has been pushing for a roadmap and ceasefire to put an end to this ongoing conflict.
Several rounds of “peace talks” in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia have emerged and circulated, but all in vain. Both sides have not displayed any willingness in agreeing to a ceasefire.
North Kordofan’s humanitarian aid commissioner, Mohamed Ismail, informed the Sudan Tribune’s new website of what had transpired in the city this Monday.
Ever since the eruption of the civil war between the RSF and the army in April 2023, more than 150,000 people have lost their lives, and roughly 12 million have left their homes in what the UN has described as the world’s largest humanitarian crisis ever to take place.
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