In Sudan, the Sudanese Armes Forces (SAF) are about to lift the siege of the General Command of the Armed Forces, encircled for 21 months.
The city of Bahri is about to be liberated, a week after the SAF liberated Wad Madani.
For now nearly 2 years, Sudan is facing the most intense civil war of its history, generalized everywhere in the country. Two armies are fighting for their legitimity, the SAF, Sudan’s regular army and the RSF, a powerful paramilitary force.
The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are descendants of the Janjaweed genocidaires of the Darfur war in the west of the country in 2003. Today, their cheif, Hemetti and his troops are fighting an ethnic war for their arab tribes in Darfur, against the arab elites of the nile.
The initial part of the civil war opposed both armies in the main cities of the country, including the capital city, Khartoum. In september 2023, after failing to controll Khartoum and eastern cities, the RSF took control of the Darfur region.
Between January and June 2024, the SAF suffered powerful setbacks, loosing control of the fertile lands of Gezira, Sennar and Blue Nile states.
The lost Wad Medani in december 2023 and Singa in june 2024, the RSF even reached the South-Sudanese border.
However, while the RSF, sustained by their main ally, the United Arab Emirates, took controll of many cities, the SAF resisted in some stronghold while preparing a new army in its de facto capital city, Port Sudan.
Army strongholds are Al Fashir in Darfur, El Nahud and El Obeid in Kordofan.
The RSF gained controll of the main parts of Khartoum city, but failed to control to bases, the Armoured Corps and the General Command of the Armed Forces
In Bahri, the SAF maintain controll on the Kadroo base and in Omdourman on the Medical Corps.
Here is a map of the situation in the country and in Khartoum in October 2023.
The SAF launched a first successful counteroffensive in Omdourman, lifting the siege of the Medical Corps in January 2024.
Since september, the SAF pushed back the RSF on the whole southern front (south of Khartoum).
The first took back Jebel Moya, lifting the siege of Sannar, before taking back Singa.
Then, the SAF pushed back the RSF north of Sannar, breaking through their lines and liberating Wad Madani more than a week ago.
This was the most important victory for general Al Burhan, leader of the Sudanese Armed Forces. This victory was largely made thanks to foreign aid.
In September 2024, the SAF also launched a large counteroffensive in Khartoum, lifting the siege of the Kadroo base and crossing the Nile east of the Medical Corps.
After weeks of counteroffensive actions, the SAF are now less than 2km from lifting the siege of the Signal Corps/General Command and encircling the RSF in Bahri.
The liberation of Bahri will be an important blow for the RSF in Khartoum state.
The SAF also advanced on the northern Khartoum axis, nearing the Khartoum refinery, where the RSF have positioned many landmines.
Videos published today show the Sudanese Armed Forces in control of Al Gili, a few kilometers south of the refinery.
In Al Fashir finally, the Rapid Support Forces are preparing for a new assault on the besieged city (hundred thousands people there are starving).
The SAF air force is conducting air strikes on the RSF.
RSF convoys coming from Libya fought against joint forces and sudanese army near Mellit in northern Darfur, this could be the sign the RSF are reinforcing their troops to take Al Fashir, the last SAF city in Darfur region.
Thanks for reading this thread. The Sudanese civil war is absent from the western media coverage despite being one of the worst conflict in the world and I’m trying to talk about it.
Clément Molin
