Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF)

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Captured Sodri and al-Mazroub, pushing toward Umm Badr

The Sudanese Armed Forces has extended its gains in North Kordofan since recapturing Sodri on September 25. On October 2, the army said it captured al-Mazroub, a town about 130 kilometers northwest of El-Obeid.

Updated 3 days ago

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Government forces that retook Khartoum in 2025

Five million Sudanese have gone home since the army retook Khartoum in 2025. Many are returning to damaged homes, closed schools, and clinics that barely function.

Updated Sep 22

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Broke the El Obeid siege and secured the Omdurman corridor

For nearly two years, the people of El Obeid lived under a paramilitary siege that cut off food, fuel, and medicine. On July 26, 2026, Sudan's army broke it. Soldiers took the town of Bara and four nearby villages, then seized the full 350-kilometer Al Sadarat highway linking El Obeid to Omdurman.

Updated Jul 27

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Claims recapture of Kurmuk

The Sudanese army says it has retaken Kurmuk, a border town it lost in March. Whoever holds Kurmuk controls the roads and crossings that feed fighters and supplies in from Ethiopia. On July 8, the army claimed it back.

Updated Jul 8

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Controls eastern Sudan and Khartoum; leads transitional government

The United Nations reopened its Khartoum headquarters Thursday, nearly three years after staff fled when civil war broke out in April 2023. The Sudanese Armed Forces recaptured the capital in March 2025, and more than two million people have since returned.

Updated May 30

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Government military force; primary drone operator in Kordofan and White Nile strikes

Sudan's civil war has entered a new phase defined by drone strikes that hit markets, hospitals, and roads nearly every day. On March 26, two strikes killed at least 28 civilians—22 at a market in Saraf Omra, North Darfur when one hit a parked oil truck, and six along a road in Kordofan. The market strike ignited part of the market, and an infant was among the 22 dead.

Updated May 30

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Controls central, eastern, and northern Sudan

Two of every five Sudanese now lack enough food. Three UN agencies said on May 15 that 19.5 million people across Sudan face crisis-level hunger after three years of war between the national army and a paramilitary force.

Updated May 15