Khartoum – Sudan Now | 24 February 2026
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warned that drone strikes continue to disrupt the delivery of essential supplies to people in need in the Kordofan region, stressing that ensuring rapid, safe, and unhindered access for humanitarian assistance is critical to reaching affected populations.
The office added that in recent days authorities reported an airstrike targeting a convoy transporting food supplies to the cities of Dilling and Kadugli in South Kordofan, resulting in the deaths of three civilians, according to reports.
The statement noted that humanitarian needs in Kadugli and Dilling have reached catastrophic levels, pointing out that the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) has classified Kadugli among famine areas, with warnings of similar conditions emerging in Dilling. It stressed that rapid, safe and sustained access to both cities and to the wider Kordofan region is critically important.
In a related development, Médecins Sans Frontières said in a press statement last week that it treated around 170 patients for injuries linked to drone attacks during the first two weeks of February.
He also noted that World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that five attacks on health-care facilities in Sudan have been reported since the beginning of the year, resulting in 69 deaths and 49 injuries.
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs renewed its call for the protection of civilians and civilian infrastructure, urging all parties to the conflict to uphold their obligations under international humanitarian law.
