#civilians

What happened: In a Nov. 3 interview with UN News, Denise Brown, the UN resident and humanitarian coordinator in Sudan, said a weeks-long pattern of drone strikes appears to target civilian infrastructure, especially energy and fuel. She said a hospital outside Khartoum lost power and stopped dialysis for 25 patients, hundreds of aid trucks are stuck for lack of fuel, and markets and displacement sites have been hit. WFP convoys have been hit seven times this year, and WFP is cutting both the number of people it serves and its rations.

Why it matters: Rainfall shortfalls are adding hunger to a war that has already displaced millions, and Brown says people would die without aid that now can't move.

How much agreement is there? Broad agreement that attacking civilian infrastructure is a violation of international humanitarian law; Brown says she does not know where the strikes originate.

Could someone help? Brown's ask is funding: donations to established humanitarian agencies working in Sudan, and pressure on governments to fund the response.