The difficult and dangerous environment for media work and reporting in general has led to significant underreporting of security incidents in Sudan; as such this paragraph should be read in conjunction with section 1.1.4 Security incidents and civilian deaths estimates and section 1.3.2 Communication and media presence.
Among the 1 024 security events (battles, explosions/remote violence and violence against civilians) reported by ACLED, 406 were coded as battles, 371 as violence against civilians and 247 as explosions/remote violence. In 464 instances, civilians were the primary or only target. Security incidents were recorded across all Darfur states, with 75 % in North Darfur and about 10 % in South Darfur.725
Figure 8: Evolution of security events coded as battles, explosions/remote violence and violence against civilians in Darfur region, 1 February 2024 – 30 November 2024, based on ACLED data726