Between January and June 2025, OHCHR documented 38 civilian deaths in the context of the conflict in Sennar,1046 all linked to an April 2025 incident, when SAF-affiliated fighters and Military Intelligence reportedly summarily killed at least 38 civilians whom they accused of being RSF collaborators in a village in Taiba Al-Lahween area.1047 Between March 2025 and April 2026, AOAV did not record any casualties resulting from explosive weapons use in Sennar state.1048 The RSF drone strike on a military headquarters in Sinja in January 2026 reportedly caused at least 28 civilian deaths.1049 Another drone strike in February 2026, attributed to the RSF on a hospital in Al-Mazmoun reportedly caused three fatalities and injured seven people.1050 The Darfur Network for Human Rights (DNHR) in August 2025 reported four civilians killed in Al-Qirbin village by a member of a local militia.1051
- 1046
OHCHR, Human Rights Situation in the Sudan (1 January to 30 June 2025), 19 September 2025, url, p. 17
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OHCHR, Human Rights Situation in the Sudan (1 January to 30 June 2025), 19 September 2025, url, para. 35
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EUAA analysis based on AOAV data. AOAV, Explosive Violence Monthly Reports, as of 31 August 2026, url
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Ayin Network et al., Sudan Conflict Monitor # 24, 16 February 2026, url, p. 12; Sudan War Monitor, High-Level Army Meeting Hit by RSF Drone Strike in Sinja, 14 January 2026, url
- 1050
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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DNHR, Four Civilians Killed in Sennar State Amidst Rising Militia Violence, 13 August 2025, url