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Sudan civil war (SAF-RSF)

Active High intensity Intrastate Africa 15 Apr 2023 to present

War between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces since April 2023. After the RSF took El Fasher in October 2025, fighting centres on Kordofan and Blue Nile, with heavy drone use by both sides. A US-backed 90-day truce proposal was rejected by the army leadership in September 2026. Sudan is the world's largest displacement crisis.

Conflict zones

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Zones, lines of contact and strike arcs are approximate and illustrative, drawn from public reporting. They are not authoritative; click a shape for its sources. Borders from Natural Earth, with Crimea shown as part of Ukraine in line with UN General Assembly resolution 68/262.

Key facts

People in acute hunger
20 million
Security Council Report, Sudan October 2026 Monthly Forecast as of 1 Oct 2026
El Fasher captured by RSF
26 Oct 2025, after 18-month siege
FDD as of 28 Oct 2025
Civilians killed by drones, Jan-May 2026
Over 1,000 (UN rights chief)
Al Jazeera as of 15 Jun 2026
Foreign contractors with RSF (UN fact-finding mission)
Up to 2,000 former Colombian military
UN News as of 3 Sep 2026
Recorded attacks in Kordofan's three states
2,717
Al Jazeera as of 1 Oct 2026
Reported fatalities, last 4 weeks (ACLED)
1,135
ACLED aggregated data, up to week of 24 Oct 2026 as of 24 Oct 2026
Deaths in 2026, 1 Jan to 4 Oct 2026 (UCDP)
3,800 best estimate (3,693–4,717)
UCDP GED Candidate 26.0.9 as of 4 Oct 2026

Human cost

Fatalities
58K–400Krange across 3 sources
  • 58,000 reportedCSIS, The Sudan War in 10 Charts (citing ACLED) as of 17 Apr 2026All deaths since April 2023: ACLED count of reported direct political-violence deaths (minimum; 'over 58,000')
  • 150,000 estimatedAl Jazeera as of 15 Jun 2026All deaths since April 2023: other estimates cited as 'up to 150,000 people or higher'
  • 400,000 estimatedCSIS, The Sudan War in 10 Charts as of 17 Apr 2026All deaths since April 2023: upper end of cited 150,000-400,000 estimate range, including indirect deaths
Killed in 2026 so far (UCDP)
3.8K
  • 3,800 estimatedUCDP GED Candidate 26.0.9 as of 4 Oct 2026UCDP best estimate, events 1 Jan to 4 Oct 2026; low 3,693, high 4,717
People displaced
IDPs inside Sudan
8.6M
Refugees in other countries
4M
Total displaced
14M
All forcibly displaced, country-wide (UNHCR)
12.9M
Recorded events, last 30 days
215

Parties and actors

  • Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), led by Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan State armed forces · aligned with Government (Port Sudan)
  • Rapid Support Forces (RSF), led by Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo Non-state armed group (paramilitary) · aligned with RSF alliance
  • SPLM-N (al-Hilu faction) Non-state armed group · aligned with RSF alliance (Blue Nile / South Kordofan)

Parties are listed factually by name and role. Inclusion does not imply any judgement.

Negotiations

Negotiations hub
US/Quad 90-day humanitarian truce proposal Stalled
Parties
SAF, RSF
Mediators
United States, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, United Arab Emirates
Last development
24 Sep 2026

A US-presented plan for a three-month truce leading to a ceasefire and political transition was rejected by army chief al-Burhan, who argued earlier pauses helped the RSF. Washington reportedly tied his UN visa to accepting the plan.

Al Jazeera as of 24 Sep 2026

Trend: events and reported fatalities by month

Events per month Reported fatalities per month
0 0 250 1.3K 500 2.5K 750 3.8K 1K 5KNov 2021: 51 events, 164 reported fatalitiesDec 2021: 56 events, 164 reported fatalitiesJan 2022: 52 events, 50 reported fatalities2022Feb 2022: 50 events, 73 reported fatalitiesMar 2022: 50 events, 170 reported fatalitiesApr 2022: 56 events, 336 reported fatalitiesMay 2022: 65 events, 78 reported fatalitiesJun 2022: 74 events, 253 reported fatalitiesJul 2022: 80 events, 260 reported fatalitiesAug 2022: 37 events, 71 reported fatalitiesSep 2022: 51 events, 51 reported fatalitiesOct 2022: 80 events, 445 reported fatalitiesNov 2022: 63 events, 141 reported fatalitiesDec 2022: 87 events, 142 reported fatalitiesJan 2023: 60 events, 46 reported fatalities2023Feb 2023: 71 events, 59 reported fatalitiesMar 2023: 44 events, 69 reported fatalitiesApr 2023: 465 events, 1,370 reported fatalitiesMay 2023: 391 events, 1,685 reported fatalitiesJun 2023: 411 events, 2,360 reported fatalitiesJul 2023: 629 events, 1,628 reported fatalitiesAug 2023: 597 events, 1,717 reported fatalitiesSep 2023: 713 events, 1,556 reported fatalitiesOct 2023: 443 events, 1,419 reported fatalitiesNov 2023: 439 events, 2,199 reported fatalitiesDec 2023: 658 events, 846 reported fatalitiesJan 2024: 590 events, 938 reported fatalities2024Feb 2024: 486 events, 978 reported fatalitiesMar 2024: 458 events, 913 reported fatalitiesApr 2024: 418 events, 797 reported fatalitiesMay 2024: 379 events, 980 reported fatalitiesJun 2024: 459 events, 1,464 reported fatalitiesJul 2024: 311 events, 748 reported fatalitiesAug 2024: 590 events, 980 reported fatalitiesSep 2024: 575 events, 1,492 reported fatalitiesOct 2024: 613 events, 2,216 reported fatalitiesNov 2024: 594 events, 1,876 reported fatalitiesDec 2024: 453 events, 1,602 reported fatalitiesJan 2025: 493 events, 1,936 reported fatalities2025Feb 2025: 531 events, 1,737 reported fatalitiesMar 2025: 492 events, 1,870 reported fatalitiesApr 2025: 285 events, 2,066 reported fatalitiesMay 2025: 391 events, 1,103 reported fatalitiesJun 2025: 288 events, 1,461 reported fatalitiesJul 2025: 186 events, 789 reported fatalitiesAug 2025: 254 events, 1,021 reported fatalitiesSep 2025: 213 events, 976 reported fatalitiesOct 2025: 245 events, 3,593 reported fatalitiesNov 2025: 281 events, 1,131 reported fatalitiesDec 2025: 234 events, 1,058 reported fatalitiesJan 2026: 350 events, 1,613 reported fatalities2026Feb 2026: 199 events, 581 reported fatalitiesMar 2026: 222 events, 1,069 reported fatalitiesApr 2026: 198 events, 590 reported fatalitiesMay 2026: 283 events, 904 reported fatalitiesJun 2026: 227 events, 483 reported fatalitiesJul 2026: 308 events, 737 reported fatalitiesAug 2026: 288 events, 943 reported fatalitiesSep 2026: 216 events, 738 reported fatalitiesOct 2026: 215 events, 1,135 reported fatalities
reportedACLED aggregated data, up to week of 24 Oct 2026 as of 24 Oct 2026 Political violence events only (battles, explosions/remote violence, violence against civilians).
Show data table
MonthEventsFatalities
Oct 20262151,135
Sep 2026216738
Aug 2026288943
Jul 2026308737
Jun 2026227483
May 2026283904
Apr 2026198590
Mar 20262221,069
Feb 2026199581
Jan 20263501,613
Dec 20252341,058
Nov 20252811,131
Oct 20252453,593
Sep 2025213976
Aug 20252541,021
Jul 2025186789
Jun 20252881,461
May 20253911,103
Apr 20252852,066
Mar 20254921,870
Feb 20255311,737
Jan 20254931,936
Dec 20244531,602
Nov 20245941,876
Oct 20246132,216
Sep 20245751,492
Aug 2024590980
Jul 2024311748
Jun 20244591,464
May 2024379980
Apr 2024418797
Mar 2024458913
Feb 2024486978
Jan 2024590938
Dec 2023658846
Nov 20234392,199
Oct 20234431,419
Sep 20237131,556
Aug 20235971,717
Jul 20236291,628
Jun 20234112,360
May 20233911,685
Apr 20234651,370
Mar 20234469
Feb 20237159
Jan 20236046
Dec 202287142
Nov 202263141
Oct 202280445
Sep 20225151
Aug 20223771
Jul 202280260
Jun 202274253
May 20226578
Apr 202256336
Mar 202250170
Feb 20225073
Jan 20225250
Dec 202156164
Nov 202151164

Events by type

Battles Explosions / remote violence Violence against civilians
0 250 500 750 1K 20222023202420252026
reportedACLED aggregated data, up to week of 24 Oct 2026 as of 24 Oct 2026

Most affected provinces

  1. North Kordofan 568 events · 1,963 fatalities
  2. South Kordofan 532 events · 2,088 fatalities
  3. West Kordofan 409 events · 1,658 fatalities
  4. South Darfur 362 events · 763 fatalities
  5. North Darfur 317 events · 1,549 fatalities
  6. Blue Nile 260 events · 1,149 fatalities
  7. West Darfur 124 events · 520 fatalities
  8. Khartoum 95 events · 72 fatalities
reportedACLED aggregated data, up to week of 24 Oct 2026 as of 24 Oct 2026 Last 12 months, political violence events.

Sources and further reading

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