Sudan civil war
Assessment
The fourth year of the SAF-RSF war has hardened into an east-west partition: the RSF holds Darfur and runs a parallel 'Tasis' government in Nyala, while the SAF holds the ground initiative in Kordofan and El Obeid sits under partial siege amid a large RSF build-up. On Sept 14 UN agencies warned that Sudan's Common Humanitarian Pipeline could run out of shelter, sanitation and emergency relief stocks by the end of September, with 8.6 million people internally displaced and about 19.5 million facing crisis-level hunger. On Sept 11 the Security Council rolled the Darfur-only arms embargo over for a single month, with Russia blocking a nationwide embargo, and a UN fact-finding mission reported in September that external support networks, including up to 2,000 former Colombian contractors operating RSF drones and artillery, are fuelling the fighting. UN human rights chief Volker Turk renewed his call on Sept 7 for an end to the war.
Recent, assessed
- 2026-09-14UN agencies warn Sudan's humanitarian system could collapse within weeks for lack of funding; the IOM-run Common Humanitarian Pipeline may exhaust shelter, sanitation and relief stocks by end-September, with 8.6 million internally displaced and about 19.5 million facing crisis-level hunger. aljazeera.com
Level history
Levels set by research reviews. A level set by hand is shown at the top of the page while it is in force and is not part of this history.
| Date | Level | Status | Trend | Review |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | 5 | Active war | ▲ escalating | Weekly review |
| 2026-09-14 | 5 | Active war | ▲ escalating | Weekly review |
| 2026-09-12 | 5 | Active war | ▲ escalating | Weekly review |
| 2026-09-12 | 5 | Active war | ▲ escalating | Baseline |
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