Sudan rebels gain ground in Darfur

Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces are advancing in Al Fashir, the only city still under army control in the western Darfur region. Its capture could prove a turning point in the 14-month civil war


Apr 15, 2023: Power struggle between Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), led by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan (left), and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia, led by Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemedti (right), erupts into full-scale conflict


Areas of control
(Jun 1, 2024)

SAF
RSF
Other groups
SAF besieged garrison

LIBYA
CHAD
C.A.R.
EGYPT
River Nile
DARFUR REGION
Nyala
Babanusa

Al Fashir: Capture could help RSF establish Darfur as breakaway state


Mostly uninhabited
Red Sea
Port Sudan
SUDAN

Khartoum
Divided between warring parties

Kassala
Wad Madani
El Obeid
Ad Damazin
SOUTH SUDAN
ERITREA
ETHIOPIA

200km 125 miles


War has killed tens of thousands of people and displaced 12 million – 25% of population – within Sudan and in neighbouring countries


Sources: AFP, BBC, IOM, Sudan War Monitor 
Pictures: Getty Images 
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