Attachments
Insecurity Insight identified at least 691 incidents of violence against or obstruction of access to health care in Sudan since fighting started between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in April 2023 and 25 November 2025. On average, there were two to three attacks on health care each day, with most of these attributed to the RSF. At least 173 health workers were killed and 83 arrested, while health facilities were reportedly damaged on 177 occasions. Health facilities were forced to close or reduce services, placing patients’ lives at risk as fighting, aircraft and drone strikes, and armed searches disrupted the delivery of care, with profound long-term impacts on the health system and affected communities.
The RSF’s use of drones armed with explosives that impacted health care surged in 2025, underscoring the RSF’s growing reliance on these weapons with impact on critical infrastructure, including health facilities and ambulances. These drone attacks severely disrupted medical evacuations and the delivery of essential health services, particularly in North Kordofan and North Darfur states.
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SHCC factsheets (EN): 2023; 2022; 2021. (AR): 2023; 2022; 2021.
Documented incidents
The publicly reported incidents below are not a complete nor a representative list of all incidents that affected the provision of health care between 24 December 2025-06 January 2026. The incidents below have not been verified through ground investigations. There is a delay in reporting incidents due to our open source verification protocol.
30 December 2025: In Dar Zaghawa region, North Darfur, MSF ceased its activities, evacuated its teams and withdrew from Umbaru, Kornoy and Tina localities after attacks by the RSF. Source: MSF
03 January 2026: In Zarq town, Mellit district, North Darfur state, Al-Zarq Hospital was attacked and destroyed by the SAF with an Akanji drone. A market was also struck. 64 people were killed, including an unspecified number of health workers. Source: Dabanga Sudan