Sudan's Armed Forces and allied groups said on July 26-27 they captured three towns in North Kordofan, including Bara, after fierce fighting, claiming 62 RSF vehicles destroyed and 54 seized; the Rapid Support Forces denied losing the areas and said fighting was still ongoing; the SAF says the advance secures a supply route to El Obeid, the state capital encircled for weeks

Joint Forces declared full control of Kulbus on July 1 after decisive battles against the RSF; the border town sits roughly between Al-Tina and RSF-held El-Geneina, and Dabanga reports large RSF reinforcements already massing from El-Geneina toward the newly taken ground

Sudanese Armed Forces took Malken on June 26 in a push along the Blue Nile, opening a new axis against RSF and allied SPLM-N forces as fighting in North Kordofan and Darfur continues

Sudan's war between the national army (SAF) and the RSF paramilitary, begun April 2023, has killed tens of thousands and driven the world's largest displacement crisis.

The world's largest displacement and hunger crisis deepens as the war outpaces every truce plan; famine confirmed in El Fasher and Kadugli, Tawila overwhelmed

After taking El Fasher in October, the Rapid Support Forces redeploy armour toward central Sudan's army hub; the army answers with drones and the Security Council warns of mass atrocities