US EditionSudan: 'RSF and SPLM-N Seize Parts of Sudan's Blue Nile Region' As More Than 73,000 Flee
Over 73,000 civilians displaced amid contested control of Kurmuk, a strategic Sudan-Ethiopia border town vital for supply routes, RSF and SPLM-N claim capture despite government denials.
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In the Sudan, FSR paramilitaries announced on 24 March that they had taken the town of al-Kurmuk from Blue Nile State in the south-east of the country, on the border with Ethiopia. They were supported by the People's Liberation Movement of North Sudan (SPLP-N) led by Abdelaziz el Hilu. The Sudanese army withdrew to its rear base in Damazin, capital of Blue Nile. The capture of this strategic city re-launched the accusations against Ethiopia of b…
Sudan: 'RSF and SPLM-N Seize Parts of Sudan's Blue Nile Region' As More Than 73,000 Flee
El Kurmuk Locality / Jurut / Ed Damazin -- Paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and fighters from the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N), reportedly led by Joseph Toka, have seized large parts of the strategic city of El Kurmuk locality in the Blue Nile region, prompting the displacement of more than 73,000 civilians to the state capital Ed Damazin.
Sudan’s RSF says captured strategic town on Ethiopia border
Sudanese paramilitary group the Rapid Support Forces said on Tuesday that it and its allies had seized control of the town of Kurmuk on the border with Ethiopia after "fierce fighting". "Elite troops from the Rapid Support Forces and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) have succeeded in fully liberating the strategic town of Kurmuk," the RSF said in a statement. Its forces also took over two other nearby areas, it said, "follow…
Sudan Army-aligned Governor Accuses Ethiopia of Backing RSF
An army-aligned Sudanese governor accused Ethiopia on Wednesday of having backed an offensive on the south, a day after Sudan’s paramilitary forces said they had seized control of the border town of Kurmuk. Sudan army-aligned governor accuses Ethiopia of backing RSF The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been at war with Sudan’s regular army since 2023. The conflict has killed tens of thousands of people, displaced around 11 million an…
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