Shifting conflict dynamics in late 2024 reportedly led to a decline in armed clashes in Sennar state in 2025.1037 FEWS NET described the state as comparatively calm as of October 2025..1038 The state reportedly witnessed ‘limited stabilisation’ as IDPs returned to their in many cases destroyed houses.1039 Several drone strikes were reported during the reference period, targeting civilian infrastructure such as a hydroelectric power station near Sennar dam in October 20251040 and a hospital in Al-Mazmoun in February 2026.1041 Another strike targeted military infrastructure, namely the 17th Infantry Division headquarters in Sinja in January 2026,1042 which reportedly also caused civilian deaths.1043
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UNHCR, Protection Brief Sudan, August 2025, 20 November 2025, url, p. 4
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FEWS NET, Sudan - Food Security Outlook October 2025 - May 2026, 14 January 2026, url, pp. 3-4
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Islamic Relief, 2026 update: Takaaya - Sudan’s community kitchens running on fumes, April 2026, url, p. 1
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Al Taghyeer, مسيرات تستهدف ولايتي سنار والنيل الأزرق وإظلام تام بالمنطقة [Drones target Sennar and Blue Nile states and a complete blackout in the region], 21 October 2025, url; OHCHR, Sudan: UN expert alarmed by escalating drone attacks, urges protection of civilians and civilian infrastructure, 24 October 2025, url
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Dabanga, Rising civilian toll in Sudan as drone strikes intensify in Blue Nile and Sennar, 19 February 2026, url; Al Taghyeer, السودان: مقتل وإصابة 10 أشخاص في هجوم بمسيّرة استهدف مستشفى بولاية سنار [Sudan: 10 casualties in drone strike on hospital in Sennar state], 16 February 2026, url
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Sudans Post, RSF drone strikes kill dozens at high-level Sudan military meeting, 14 January 2026, url; Sudan War Monitor, High-Level Army Meeting Hit by RSF Drone Strike in Sinja, 14 January 2026, url
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Ayin Network et al., Sudan Conflict Monitor # 24, 16 February 2026, url, p. 12