On 6 July 2026, the European Parliament adopted a resolution strongly condemning the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) advance toward El-Obeid, Sudan, and warning that the city risks the same fate as El-Fasher, which fell in October 2025 after an 18-month siege. The resolution, tabled by MEP Sebastião Bugalho on behalf of the EPP Group, calls for immediate action to prevent war crimes and mass atrocities affecting over 500,000 civilians.
The Parliament notes that the RSF has intensified drone attacks since 6 June 2026, targeting fuel depots, water facilities and a dialysis centre, killing more than 50 civilians in ten days. It condemns war crimes including ethnically targeted killings, rape, sexual slavery, forced marriage, and deliberate starvation, citing UNICEF records of hundreds of child rape cases since 2024. The resolution demands safe civilian evacuation routes, an end to starvation and ransom-based abductions, and secure crossline and cross-border humanitarian access.
The Parliament urges the Council to impose targeted sanctions and extend the UN arms embargo to all of Sudan. It also calls on the Commission and Member States to step up humanitarian assistance, including direct funding to Emergency Response Rooms. The resolution supports investigations by the UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Sudan, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, and the International Criminal Court. It urges all external actors to cease financing, supplying arms, or providing other support to warring factions. The resolution represents the Parliament's call for a civilian-led peace process and stronger international accountability measures.