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The Sudanese conflict in South Kordofan and Blue Nile was an armed conflict in the Sudanese states of South Kordofan and Blue Nile (known as the Two Areas [18]) between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement–North (SPLM-N), a northern affiliate of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) in South Sudan.
Gezira and White Nile states were historically considered SAF strongholds. [7] In Gezira State alone, over 40,000 people were mobilized into the SAF. [8] De facto leader of Sudan Abdel Fattah al-Burhan regularly made visits to southern cities that served as training hubs for new SAF recruits, including Wad Madani. [9]
Fierce clashes between Sudan’s military and the country’s powerful paramilitary erupted in the capital and elsewhere in the African nation The post Why Sudan’s conflict matters to the rest ...
A civil war between two major rival factions of the military government of Sudan, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) under Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and its allies (collectively the Janjaweed coalition) under the Janjaweed leader Hemedti, began during Ramadan on 15 April 2023. [22]
The siege of El Fasher is an ongoing battle for control of the town of El Fasher in North Darfur during the Sudan conflict. [15] The first battle for the city took place between 15 and 20 April 2023, and resulted in a ceasefire that held until 12 May.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is "gravely alarmed" by reports of a full-scale assault on the Sudanese city of al-Fashir by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and ...
Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have committed genocide over the course of the more than year-long civil war in Sudan, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday.
On 5 July 2024, the SAF recaptured the city of El-Suki as well, a city 25 miles east of Sennar. [ 17 ] On 20 July 2024, [ 18 ] Lieutant General Abdel Rahman Albishi , a RSF commander leading military operations in Sennar and Blue Nile, was killed in an airstrike in Singa; [ 19 ] 400 fighters fighting under his command were also killed. [ 20 ]