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After three years of war, Sudan army and RSF locked in military impasse

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · · 1237 words · By Alnoor Ahmed Alnoor
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After three years of war, Sudan army and RSF locked in military impasse As the war enters its fourth year, neither side has achieved a decisive victory as the humanitarian situation remains grim.

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What happened

After three years of war, Sudan army and RSF locked in military impasse As the war enters its fourth year, neither side has achieved a decisive victory as the humanitarian situation remains grim.

Why it matters

Sudan’s war has entered its fourth year, but there is little indication the conflict will end any time soon, as the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are locked in battle for control of the North African nation.

Common ground

Life has gradually returned to a fragile state of near-normalcy in the capital, Khartoum, and central regions after the army regained control of the regions.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 26 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “the RSF advanced towards Babnusa in West Kordofan later in December 2025”
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Claim 2: “the city of Kurmuk in Blue Nile State was captured in March of last year”
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Claim 3: “The army retook Bara, the second-largest city in North Kordofan, in March”
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No evidence was found in the search results regarding the retaking of Bara in March 2025.
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Claim 4: “Sudan’s war has entered its fourth year”
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Al Jazeera explicitly states 'Sudan’s war has entered its fourth year'. Given the conflict began in April 2023, entering the fourth year aligns with the timeline of 2026 mentioned in other search results (e.g., IPS March 20, 2026).
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Claim 5: “their capture of el-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, on October 26 of last year”
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No evidence was found in the search results confirming the capture of el-Fasher on October 26, 2024, although other sources mention the RSF's capture of el-Fasher generally.
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Claim 6: “The appointment of Kamil El-Tayeb Idris as prime minister in May 2025”
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Claim 7: “The war erupted on April 15, 2023”
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Claim 8: “More than 13 million people remain displaced or refugees, including about nine million within the country”
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Claim 9: “breaking the siege on el-Obeid in North Kordofan in February 2025”
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Multiple sources, including Morning Star and other news reports, confirm the Sudanese military broke the siege on el-Obeid in North Kordofan.
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web search NEUTRAL — The siege of El Obeid was a siege in El-Obeid, North Kordofan, Sudan, during the 2023 Sudan conflict. The battle began on April 15, and saw the Rapid Support Forces capture the El Obeid airport from t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_El_Obeid
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web search NEUTRAL — Fighting is ongoing in the capital of North Kordofan, as army opens route to besieged el-Fasher in the northwest. Soldiers of the Sudanese army's 5th Infantry Division, which is based in el-Obeid, Nor…
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/sudans-army-breaks-rsf-si…
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web search NEUTRAL — SUDAN’S military broke the near two-year paramilitary siege of the key southern capital of El-Obeid on Sunday.Brig Gen Abdullah said military troops managed to reopen the road to El-Obeid, the provinc…
https://msd11.gn.apc.org/article/sudanese-military-break-sie…
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Claim 10: “fall of long-term leader Omar al-Bashir in 2019”
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Claim 11: “a Sudanese coalition led by the RSF announced the establishment of an alternative government [last July]”
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Claim 12: “On May 20 of last year, the Sudanese army recaptured Khartoum State from the RSF forces”
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A report explicitly states the Sudanese army said on May 20 that it had dislodged paramilitaries from their last positions in Omdurman, securing all of Khartoum state.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Rapid Support Forces are a Sudanese paramilitary force formerly operated by the Sudanese government.Sudan claimed the UAE provided RSF Chinese-made Long Wang 2 strategic drones in December 2024, w…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_Support_Forces
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web search NEUTRAL — The Sudanese army has told the BBC it has recaptured the airport in the capital, Khartoum, from the paramilitary RSF, marking its latest territorial gain in ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsecEQmK4Kw
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web search NEUTRAL — The Sudanese army said on May 20 that it had dislodged rival paramilitaries from their last positions in Omdurman, part of the Sudanese capital, securing all of Khartoum state nearly two months after …
https://www.turkiyetoday.com/world/us-to-impose-sanctions-on…
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Claim 13: “the Sudanese army controlling the northern, central and eastern states, as well as the capital”
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Multiple sources confirm the SAF controls the east, north, and center, including the capital Khartoum. Knock LA and UN reports both describe this territorial distribution.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Sudanese Armed Forces are the military forces of the Republic of Sudan. The force strength has been estimated at 109,300 personnel in 2011 (by IISS), 200,000 personnel before the current war in Su…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudanese_Armed_Forces
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web search NEUTRAL — One side, known as the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), controls the east, north, and center of Sudan, including the capital, Khartoum. These areas are controlled by the leader of the SAF, led by Abdel Fa…
https://knock-la.com/living-in-the-long-shadow-of-sudans-gen…
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web search NEUTRAL — Out of Sudan’s 18 states, the RSF currently controls all five states of the Darfur region in the west, except some northern areas in North Darfur that remain under army control. The Sudanese army rule…
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/over-81-000-civilians-d…
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Claim 14: “the RSF... has also opened a new front in the Blue Nile region along the border with Ethiopia”
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Al Jazeera mentions the RSF opened a new front in the Blue Nile region. This is further supported by reports of RSF capturing Kurmuk and accusations from the Sudanese government regarding attacks from the Blue Nile region.
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web search NEUTRAL — Since 2023, the RSF has been fighting a civil war against the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) for control of Sudan, after seizing power along with the SAF in the 2021 Sudanese coup d'état. In 2025, it est…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_Support_Forces
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web search NEUTRAL — A joint offensive by the RSF and SPLM-North, supported from Ethiopia's Benishangul-Gumuz Region, succeeded in overrunning the Sudanese army garrison at the border town of Kurmuk.
https://sudanwarmonitor.com/p/sudanese-rebels-overrun-army-g…
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web search NEUTRAL — Sudan has previously accused the United Arab Emirates of establishing military bases near its borders with South Sudan and Ethiopia, alleging that the UAE supports the RSF as part of plans to open a n…
https://allafrica.com/stories/202601260526.html
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Claim 15: “about 3.99 million people had returned to their homes as of April”
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Claim 16: “the army withdrew from the Heglig oil region, the country’s largest oilfield in West Kordofan”
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Claim 17: “the government officially returned to Khartoum after operating from Port Sudan as a temporary capital since August 2023”
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Claim 18: “Abdalla Hamdok’s resignation in January 2022”
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Claim 19: “on January 11, 2025, the army also retook Wad Madani, the capital of Gezira State”
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While there are reports of the war continuing into 2026, no specific evidence in the provided search results confirms the retaking of Wad Madani on January 11, 2025.
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web search NEUTRAL — Sudan, [a] officially the Republic of the Sudan, [b] is a country in Northeast Africa. It borders the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west, Libya to the northwest, Egypt to the …
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudan
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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 20, 2026 · UNITED NATIONS, March 20 (IPS) - The past two weeks have marked a significantly violent escalation in the Sudanese Civil War, with drone strikes and artillery shelling between the Rapid…
https://www.globalissues.org/news/2026/03/20/42602
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web search NEUTRAL — Nov 19, 2025 · What the war actually is: an existential battle between the old guard; the Sudanese army and the associated parties and interests it represents, and a new militia that amassed staggerin…
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/nov/19/an-existential-…
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Claim 20: “the RSF controls Darfur and large parts of the three Kordofan states”
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Al Jazeera and other reports confirm the RSF controls Darfur and large parts of the three Kordofan states.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Rapid Support Forces are a Sudanese paramilitary force formerly operated by the Sudanese government.War in Darfur. Sudanese conflict in South Kordofan and Blue Nile. Second Libyan Civil War. Weste…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_Support_Forces
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web search NEUTRAL — Meanwhile, the RSF controls Darfur and large parts of the three Kordofan states, and has also opened a new front in the Blue Nile region along the border with Ethiopia.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/16/after-three-years-o…
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web search NEUTRAL — Following the Rapid Support Forces’ (RSF) capture of El-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, last month, the Sudanese army has redirected its military operations toward five major flashpoints across t…
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/africa/factbox-sudan-s-5-military-f…
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Claim 21: “the US dollar now worth about 600 pounds”
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Claim 22: “General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan dissolved the transitional government in 2021”
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Claim 23: “26 million people face acute food insecurity”
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Claim 24: “about 14 million people have been displaced over three years”
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Claim 25: “regaining Kadugli and Dilling in South Kordofan by last February”
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Wikipedia explicitly states the Sudanese Armed Forces successfully defended and recaptured Dilling from the RSF.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Sudanese Armed Forces successfully defended and recaptured Dilling from the RSF. Sudan People's Liberation Movement–North attacked and sieged Dilling from the south. It was an urban battle of the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Dilling
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web search NEUTRAL — Sudan’s war has entered its fourth year, but there is little indication the conflict will end any time soon, as the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are locked in battle for contro…
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/16/after-three-years-o…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Nuba in South Kordofan have long sought greater autonomy from an oppressive, menacing Khartoum; the significant deterioration of intercommunal and interracial relations as a result of the war fuel…
https://www.smallarmssurvey.org/sites/default/files/resource…
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Claim 26: “33.7 million require humanitarian assistance, including 7.4 million people internally displaced”
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