Between 1 March 2025 and 17 August 2026, Insecurity Insight recorded three attacks on health care in West Darfur, two of which were reportedly perpetrated by the RSF and the remaining one by the SAF. The attacks resulted in the damaging of one health facility.726 According to the RSF administration, in December 2025 two drone strikes in El Geneina targeted a water station and a vehicle transporting a patient to El Geneina hospital.727 In March 2026, SAF drone strikes on the fuel market in Adikong and the weekly market in Sileia were reported.728 In April 2026, a drone strike reportedly hit Al-Jumruk market and damaged the facility.729 In April 2026, a drone strike reportedly hit the Sultan Medical Complex in El Geneina, causing significant damage.730 In June 2026, the RSF-aligned administration accused the SAF of destroying the Ardamata Bridge in El Geneina in a drone strike, disrupting a key route for humanitarian supplies from Chad to Darfur and Kordofan.731
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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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Sudan Tribune, Drone strike kills 17 in West Darfur capital, 27 December 2025, url
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Dabanga, Drone strikes hit West Darfur fuel market, shelling resumes in South Kordofan as Sudan fighting intensifies, 12 March 2026, url
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Sudan Tribune, Sudan army drone strikes kill 20 in Darfur, officials say, 13 April 2026, url
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Dabanga, Rising civilian toll in South Kordofan as fighting intensifies, drone strike kills three at West Darfur hospital, 20 April 2026, url
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Sudan Tribune, RSF’s administration says Sudanese army drone destroyed key Darfur bridge, 9 June 2026, url