Information related to the recent fighting
Background information
The following reports and articles explain the background of the recent fighting:
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Brief chronology of political developments since 2018
Sudan's years of political strife (Media Report, English)
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Background article on the fighting between the army and the Rapid Support Forces
Sudan fighting: The military rivalry behind the clashes in Khartoum (Media Report, English)
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Brief background article on the power struggle
Factbox: The struggle for power in Sudan (Media Report, English)
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Brief background article on the Rapid Support Forces
Factbox: Who are Sudan's Rapid Support Forces? (Media Report, English)
The most recent documents on the issue
These are the most recent documents from a search for terms related to the fighting: (You can find more, and customise your search under this search link.)
Considered synonyms: al, awami, awami, bal, bangladesh, bengalese, burhan, league, lega, liga, people's, popolare, popolare, rapid support forces
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El-Fasher: According to satellite images, earthen wall is being built to trap people inside
Barrier being built around besieged Sudan city, satellite images show (Media Report, English)
- From satellite images, the university's Humanitarian Research Lab (HRL) has identified more than 31km (19 miles) of berms - or raised banks - constructed since May in territory outside the city occupied by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
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Call on UN Security Council to protect civilians in western parts of Sudan from unlawful attacks and starvation
Sudan: UN Should Act to Protect Starving Civilians (Appeal or News Release, English)
- The Security Council should pressure the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to end their unlawful attacks against civilians, including on displaced persons camps, in parts of western Sudan and both warring parties to stop blocking humanitarian aid. […] “The Security Council needs to confront the Rapid Support Forces over their ongoing siege and deliberate and indiscriminate attacks on civilians, and press both warring parties over blocking access to aid,” saidLaetitia Bader [https://www.hrw.org/about/people/laetitia-bader], deputy Africa director at Human Rights Watch.
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Article on escape of a pregnant woman from En Nahud, West Kordofan State, after the city was captured by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF)
A pregnant woman's diary of escape from war zone: 'I prayed the baby wouldn't come' (Media Report, English)
- Article on escape of a pregnant woman from En Nahud, West Kordofan State, after the city was captured by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF)
- Artikel zur Flucht einer schwangeren Frau aus En Nahud, Bundesstaat Westkordofan, nach Einnahme der Stadt durch Rapid Support Forces (RSF)
- The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) had just seized the city where she was living - En Nahud in the state of West Kordofan. The road out was dangerous, but she felt she had no choice. She was seven months pregnant. "There were no hospitals anymore, no pharmacies," she said, "and I was afraid if I stayed longer, I wouldn't find any vehicles heading out. […] The army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan appointed a committee earlier this year to investigate alleged abuses during the military's sweep through central Sudan. Kordofan, made up of three states, has now become the main battleground. The region is critically important to Sudan's war, as the site of key oil fields, and a strategic centre of major transportation routes. […] "If the RSF men hear you - like if you watch an army video, or play an army ringtone or song, or even just mention the Rapid Support Forces casually in a conversation - they'll arrest you." Road conditions were terrible, and the vehicles kept breaking down - three times during the course of the journey. […] "But when the Rapid Support Forces came, they were not any better. They loot, they rape. They do no less than what the army does. They are all the same." Despite widespread evidence of looting and allegations of rape, the RSF also says it does not target civilians. It has dismissed charges of ethnic cleansing, describing the violence as tribal conflicts.
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North Darfur: At least 89 civilians killed by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in al-Fashir and the adjacent Abu Shouk camp for internally displaced persons over a period of 10 days until 20 August 2025
Continuing killings of civilians in El Fasher and Abu Shouk camp (Appeal or News Release, English)
- North Darfur: At least 89 civilians killed by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in al-Fashir and the adjacent Abu Shouk camp for internally displaced persons over a period of 10 days until 20 August 2025
- Norddarfur: Mindestens 89 Zivilist·innen von den paramilitärischen Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in al-Faschir und im angrenzenden Abu Schouk, einem Lager für Binnenvertriebene, im Zeitraum von 10 Tagen bis 20. August 2025 getötet
- From Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Jeremy Laurence Location Geneva Brutal attacks by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on the besieged city of El Fasher and the adjoining Abu Shouk camp for displaced persons in North Darfur, Sudan, resulted in the killing of at least 89 civilians over a 10-day period up to 20 August.
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Regular analysis of major developments regarding state and non-state actors regarding security in selected African countries
M23 Massacres Undermine DRC Peace Process: Africa File, August 21, 2025 (Periodical Report, English)
- The United States and the United Kingdom discussed a new US proposal to expand the Quartet to include both the UK and Qatar on August 6, and US senior Africa adviser Massad Boulos met separately with the SAF and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) leaders in mid-August.[81] Already-strained relations between the UAE and SAF have sharply deteriorated since early August.Sudan’s ruling council severed diplomatic […] Burhan said that the move aimed “to emphasize the rule of law and tighten command and control.”[101] Members of the Baraa Brigade said the move was a formality and insisted that they were already operating under the SAF’s command.[102] General Abdel Fattah al Burhan made new appointments to key military positions that may be partially aimed at addressing international concerns over SAF human
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Khartoum: According to Sudanese NGO Emergency Lawyers, civilians tortured and killed in "execution chambers" by Sudanese armed forces and security forces
Sudan army torturing people to death, says rights group (Media Report, English)
- The Sudanese army recaptured the city from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in March, against which it is fighting a bitter civil war that has killed tens of thousands in two years. The army did not respond to the BBC's request for comment on Sunday. Throughout the war, the Emergency Lawyers group has documented atrocities by both the army and the RSF.
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