2.12.5. Conflict-related infrastructure damage and other war impacts

Between 1 March 2025 and 17 August 2026, Insecurity Insight recorded four attacks on health care in White Nile state, three of which were drone strikes attributed to the RSF and the other an unattributed drone strike. The attacks resulted in the destruction of a warehouse and caused damage to two health facilities.1090 Between 1 March 2025 and 31 May 2026, Insecurity Insight documented two RSF drone strikes on educational facilities, with one of these incidents causing damage or destruction to the facility.1091 Drone attacks on civilian infrastructure were reported throughout the reference period, such as on an oil refinery in Al-Jabalain in November 2025,1092 and increasingly in 2026, with attacks on medical facilities,1093 a school,1094 and electrical facilities causing power outages.1095 Another two drone strikes hit fuel stations.1096

  • 1090

    Insecurity Insight, 2016-2026 SDN Attacks on Health Care Incident Data, as of 24 August 2026, url

  • 1091

    Insecurity Insight, 2017-2026 SDN Education in Danger Incident Data, as of 24 August 2026, url

  • 1092

    Al Taghyeer, طائرة مسيّرة تستهدف محطة لتكرير النفط في الجبلين بالنيل الأبيض [Drone targets oil refinery in Al-Jabalain in White Nile], 15 November 2025, url

  • 1093

    MSF, Strike on Al Jabalain hospital results in 10 fatalities, including seven medical staff, 2 April 2026, url; SUWRA, Sudan Crisis Update: Increasing Violence Targeting Civilians in Kordofan, Blue Nile, and White Nile States, 19 March 2026, url

  • 1094

    UNICEF, At least 8 students and a health worker reportedly killed in attack on a school compound in Sudan’s White Nile State, 12 March 2026, url

  • 1095

    IPS, Sudanese Civil War Escalates as Drone Strikes Deepen Civilian Toll and Regional Risks, 20 March 2026, url; OHCHR, Sudan: Türk appalled by surge in deadly drone attacks on civilians in Kordofan and White Nile, 12 March 2026, url

  • 1096

    Asharq Al-Awsat, Drone Strikes Continue to Claim Civilian Lives in Sudan, 25 June 2026, url; Sudan Tribune, RSF drone strike kills one at fuel station in Sudan’s Kosti, 22 June 2026, url