Between January and June 2025, OHCHR documented 12 civilian deaths in the context of the conflict in River Nile.1201 Between March 2025 and April 2026, AOAV recorded 38 casualties resulting from explosive weapons use in River Nile state1202 with the only recorded casualties in the months of April 2025 (33 casualties)1203 and December 2025 (5 casualties).1204 In April 2025, a drone strike hit a displacement camp in Atbara, reportedly killing at least 11 people.1205 In October 2025, residents of Atbara called for the removal of the Joint Forces and militias from the city, after a shooting incident involving Joint Force members and members of the Intelligence Services at a hospital led to one person killed and two others injured.1206 In January 2026, a suicide drone attributed to the RSF exploded in a village near Atbara, killing at least one civilian and injuring several others.1207 In June 2026, airstrikes on remote artisanal gold mining sites near the Egyptian border reportedly caused more than 30 deaths and over 50 casualties.1208
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OHCHR, Human Rights Situation in the Sudan (1 January to 30 June 2025), 19 September 2025, url, p. 17
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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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AOAV, Explosive Violence in April 2025, 10 May 2025, url
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AOAV, Explosive Violence in December 2025, 10 January 2026, url
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Sudan Tribune, RSF drone strike kills 11, hits power facility in north Sudan, 26 April 2025, url; Al Jazeera, باستخدام سلاح المسيّرات.. مقتل وإصابة العشرات من النازحين بولاية نهر النيل شمالي السودان [Using drones as weapons – dozens of IDPs killed and wounded in River Nile state in northern Sudan] [Online video], 29 April 2025, url
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Dabanga, مطالبات بإبعاد الحركات المسلحة من عطبرة عقب مقتل شخصين جراء إطلاق نار [Calls to remove armed groups from Atbara after two people were killed in a shooting], 14 Oktober 2025, url
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Sudan Tribune, قتيل وجرحى في هجوم بالمسيرات على ولاية نهر النيل [One killed and several wounded in drone attack in River Nile state], 7 January 2026, url
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Darfur 24, Death Toll from Border Gold Mine Airstrikes Rises Above 30, 18 June 2026, url