Between 1 March 2025 and 17 August 2026, Insecurity Insight recorded five attacks on health care in Blue Nile state, three of which were reportedly perpetrated by the RSF and two were attributed to the SAF. The attacks caused damage to two health facilities.1149 Between 1 March 2025 and 31 May 2026, Insecurity Insight documented four attacks on schools, with three incidents causing damage or destruction to the respective facility.1150 In October 2025, a drone attack struck electrical infrastructure in the state capital Damazin causing power outages.1151 Drone strikes in May 2026 reportedly hit villages, markets, displacement sites, and humanitarian infrastructure.1152 According to a Blue Nile government official, the electricity and water infrastructure as well as health facilities in the city of Kurmuk were extensively damaged and its neighbourhoods were contaminated with explosive remnants of war.1153
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Insecurity Insight, 2016-2026 SDN Attacks on Health Care Incident Data, as of 24 August 2026, url
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Insecurity Insight, 2017-2026 SDN Education in Danger Incident Data, as of 24 August 2026, url
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UN Human Rights Council, Situation of human rights in the Sudan – Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, A/HRC/61/24, 13 January 2026, url, para. 37
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Sudan Human Rights Hub and STPT, Sudan Conflict Monitor # 27, 15 June 2026, url, p. 7
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Mada Masr, Sudan Nashra: Military retakes Blue Nile’s Kurmuk | RSF amasses forces near West Darfur’s Kulbus, residents flee | Debt crisis traps Sudanese in Egypt, embassy moves to free debtors in prison | Architect of Hemedti’s Entebbe visit holds talks in Khartoum, 10 July 2026, url