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Following the independence of South Sudan from Sudan in 2011, Abyei was left as a disputed area as no side wanted to give up the rich oilfields in the region. [4] A short war broke out in 2012 over the area, but was resolved by the creation of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA). As of 2024, South Sudan holds de facto ...
The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has waged a major offensive against the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) in Sennar State, resulting in widespread violence and displacement, [11] [12] as part of the ongoing Sudanese civil war.
Dinka from Twic County south of Abyei have been involved in a border conflict with Abyei's Ngok Dinka over land and cattle since February 2022. Despite a peace agreement in April 2023, clashes broke out again in September 2023 with Twic Dinka killing Ngok Dinka civilians in raids on border towns.
The fighting broke out on April 15 as the army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) vied for power, since when more than 3 million people have been uprooted, including more than 700,000 who ...
Kaduqli is the capital of South Kordofan, a region which was affected by an insurgency of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement–North (SPLM-N). The fighting was both a spillover of the previous Second Sudanese Civil War as well as ethnically motivated, as the local Nuba people have historically suffered under oppression by northern Sudanese regimes and accordingly supported the SPLM-N.
Following his visit to Egypt, Burhan went to South Sudan to meet with President Salva Kiir. [299] 25 people were killed in fighting in Omdurman, while the RSF claimed to have shot down two Antonov planes of the SAF in Khartoum. [298] Local rebel militias in El Fasher thwarted an attempt by the RSF to enter the city's Grand Market. [298]
The war began with attacks by the RSF on government sites as airstrikes, artillery, and gunfire were reported across Sudan. The cities of Khartoum and Omdurman were divided between the two warring factions, with al-Burhan relocating his government to Port Sudan as RSF forces captured most of Khartoum's government buildings.
JEM and SPLM launched the attacks in opposition to dictator Omar al-Bashir, who promptly declared war against the militias. The war soon spread to central-south Sudan, in the provinces of North Kordofan, South Kordofan, and Blue Nile. Since 2003, the war has killed hundreds of thousands of people across Darfur, and displaced many more.