A Port Sudan court sentenced RSF leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (Hemedti) and 15 others to death in absentia over Darfur crimes.
WHY THIS MATTERS · This matters because Sudan has fractured into two de facto states—RSF-held Darfur and SAF-held center—producing the world's largest displacement and hunger crisis, with confirmed famine and the war now bleeding into Chad and South Sudan.
Part of the monitored dynamic Sudan Civil War · VUCA INDEX 64/100
"A court in the Sudanese army-controlled city of Port Sudan has sentenced Rapid Support Forces (RSF) leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, popularly known as Hemedti, and 15 others to death in absentia over charges linked to the killing of a regional governor and atrocities committed in Darfur."
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- Renewed fighting in South Sudan during 2026 displaced more than 280,000 people, per Save the Children.
- IPC April–July 2026 projection places 7.8 million South Sudanese, or 55% of the population, in Crisis (Phase 3) or worse.
- UNICEF reached over 800,000 children with education in May 2026, while over 8 million children remain out of school, worst in Darfur and Kordofan.
- UNICEF screened over one million children under five for acute malnutrition in May, reaching 4.5 million children screened since January 2026.
- Over 24,400 severely acute malnourished children were admitted for lifesaving treatment in May 2026 in Sudan.