Daily Artillery Shelling by Al-Hilu and Hemeidti Militias on Al-Dalang.

The Sudan Doctors’ Network has reported the continuation of intense artillery shelling on the city of Al-Dalang in South Kordofan state, amid worsening civilian suffering due to food shortages and the disruption of communication and internet networks.
In a statement on Saturday, the Sudan Doctors’ Network indicated that the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement–North (SPLM–N) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia are carrying out daily long-range artillery attacks on Al-Dalang, resulting in civilian casualties.
The network noted that it is facing difficulties in documenting the victims of the shelling in Al-Dalang due to the city’s communication blackout, which has weakened coordination between the network and its field teams.
It affirmed that the siege imposed on the city remains ongoing and extremely severe, warning that it signals an imminent health and humanitarian catastrophe amid acute shortages of food and medical supplies in hospitals and health facilities.
The Sudan Doctors’ Network urgently appealed to all humanitarian organizations and international bodies to intervene immediately, lift the siege, ensure the delivery of food and medical aid, and protect civilians and healthcare personnel, to prevent further deterioration of the humanitarian and health situation in the city.
The network warned that the continuation of the siege and intensive shelling constitutes an attempt at the slow killing of civilians, recalling the scenario implemented by the RSF militia in El-Fashir in North Darfur, which resulted in one of the largest humanitarian crises and displacement crises globally.
The Sudan Doctors’ Network held the leadership of the RSF and SPLM–N fully responsible for the lives of children and women lost to hunger, malnutrition, and systematic shelling, calling on the international community to act urgently to prevent South Kordofan from experiencing a repeat of the El-Fashir scenario.
RSF forces and SPLM–N continue their advance toward Al-Dalang in South Kordofan, despite the army’s progress last weekend into the Kalurtala and Hebila areas to lift the siege, amid fluctuating control over the region.