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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.
Under control of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North and allies; Under control of the Sudanese Awakening Revolutionary Council & Janjaweed; Under control of the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army - Justice and Equality Movement alliance (SLM-JEM/SLA-JEM) and allies (Egyptian Government to the north) Under control of the local forces and tribes
The "Middle East" is traditionally defined as the Fertile Crescent (Mesopotamia), Levant, and Egypt and neighboring areas of Arabia, Anatolia and Iran. It currently encompasses the area from Egypt , Turkey and Cyprus in the west to Iran and the Persian Gulf in the east, [ 1 ] and from Turkey and Iran in the north, to Yemen and Oman in the south.
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 United States urged the RSF to halt their advance in Gezira State and the attack on Wad Madani, saying it would put civilians at risk and hamper relief efforts. [35] By 18 December the International Organization for Migration estimated that between 250,000 and 300,000 people had fled the state since the start of hostilities, leaving for the ...
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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 ]