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Authorities in Wad al-Mahi locality in Sudan’s Blue Nile region announced that 30 displaced people, including 26 women and four children, were killed and dozens more injured in a strike targeting a shelter centre for displaced people. The local governor said the attack was carried out by a drone operated by the Rapid Support Forces.
Analysts say the absence of a military victory and the Sudanese warring parties’ dependence on external support are obstructing settlement efforts. They stress that pressuring the parties providing support, halting arms flows and beginning humanitarian truces could pave the way for a political solution, as displacement, food and health crises worsen.
Clashes between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces are spreading from Blue Nile to Kordofan, alongside the displacement of more than 5,500 people in three days. At the same time, Washington has offered to support an inclusive political dialogue, but disagreements over the truce, the framework for negotiations and the proliferation of initiatives are obstructing a unified path towards a settlement.
Four people were killed and 12 others, mostly women and children, were injured in a drone attack on Damazin attributed by military and government sources to the Rapid Support Forces. The Blue Nile state finance minister and his family survived an attack on their home, as the number of people displaced from villages in Wad al-Mahi rose to 5,525 over three days.
US President’s senior adviser Masad Boulos said after meeting Sudanese Sovereignty Council President Abdel Fattah al-Burhan in Egypt’s Alamein that coordination with Egypt and other partners would continue to advance a political process to end the war and support an inclusive Sudanese dialogue paving the way for a civilian government, reconstruction and development.
The Sudanese army said its air defences had shot down an FH-95 drone in West Kordofan, bringing to six the number of drones of this type it has announced downed in the region in less than a month, amid continuing clashes with the Rapid Support Forces.
The Sudanese army announced on Friday that it had taken control of the Al-Mazroub area in North Kordofan state after clashes with the Rapid Support Forces, saying its operations were continuing along several fronts. The area is of military and economic importance because it lies on routes linking parts of the state, which forms a corridor between central and western Sudan.
Thousands of civilians have fled El Fasher and its surrounding areas for Tawila in North Darfur, while food shortages, disrupted aid and fighting reaching new areas have driven others to leave. The displacement comes amid an escalation in North Kordofan and warnings of famine and acute hunger threatening around 28 million people.
Pregnant women in Jebel Marra, western Sudan, face increasing risks as health facilities close and medicines, medical staff and transport are in short supply. Families are forced to carry women on wooden stretchers along mountain paths, while local testimonies say mothers have died en route amid worsening hunger and deteriorating health conditions.
Thousands displaced from Kordofan and Darfur face difficult health, living and psychological conditions at Qoz al-Salam camp in Kosti, amid shortages of food, medicine and aid. Local organisations provide limited support, including food, household items and hygiene supplies, while overcrowding and insufficient relief have prompted families to move to other camps.
Sudan’s Transitional Sovereignty Council chairman and army chief, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, said during an event supporting the health sector at Khartoum Stadium that his country would not submit to pressure or blackmail. He vowed to continue fighting what he described as the “rebel militia”, praising the role of young people on the front lines, in stadiums and on social media platforms.
The Sudanese army announced that it had retaken the Sodiri area in North Kordofan state after fighting with the Rapid Support Forces, while expanding operations west of El Obeid. The development came amid air strikes and drone attacks, competing accounts of civilian deaths in El Obeid and Al-Mazroub, and displacement from areas witnessing a military escalation.
The Sudanese army and the Joint Force of Armed Movements announced the recapture of Sudri in North Kordofan after the Rapid Support Forces controlled the city for more than two years. The city’s location could enable an advance towards Al-Khوي, Al-Nuhud and El Fasher, amid the displacement of thousands of civilians and worsening humanitarian needs.
The Rapid Support Forces have intensified drone attacks on government-held towns in North Kordofan, killing civilians and disrupting education and services. The strikes included a crowded court in Umm Rawaba and a college in El Obeid, while residents say the renewed campaign has deepened insecurity in one of the main fronts of Sudan’s war.
Sudan’s displaced persons coordination has warned of worsening humanitarian conditions, saying the number of displaced people is at least 19 million. Data from the International Organization for Migration showed that 5.15 million people had returned, while 8.58 million remained internally displaced, amid fears of renewed displacement due to insecurity and weak services.
Massad Boulos, the US president’s senior adviser for Arab and African affairs, said Sudan’s army and Rapid Support Forces do not represent a legitimate or constitutional government, calling for a humanitarian truce and intra-Sudanese dialogue, an expansion of the UN arms embargo and a higher cost for all parties to continuing the fighting.
Around 20 million people are facing hunger in Sudan, including 5 million at emergency levels, amid declining aid funding, scarce rainfall and rising food and fuel prices. While the government denies famine, the two sides in the war trade accusations over obstructing aid access and using food in the conflict.
A military source said on Sunday, 20 September 2026, that Sudanese army defences had downed several drones targeting Atbara airport in River Nile State. The attack came days after drones targeting water facilities in the east of the country were intercepted, amid growing use of such aircraft in the war.
Millions of Sudanese face acute food insecurity, with the crisis reaching catastrophic levels in parts of Darfur and South Kordofan. The flow of displaced people seeking food and water coincides with a faltering agricultural season, widespread malnutrition among children and declining aid funding, threatening to reduce assistance within weeks.
Sources said the Sudanese army had repelled an attack by the Rapid Support Forces on the Kili area in the Blue Nile region, while completing the securing of areas it had retaken in North Kordofan and moving its forces towards Sudri, Al-Mazroub and Hamrat al-Sheikh.
Military sources said the Sudanese army had launched a ground operation along several fronts in the Kordofan region, amid continued fighting with the Rapid Support Forces. The operation follows moves to reinforce forces stationed in the area and statements by army leadership on continuing the advance toward western Sudan.
Rescuers recovered 60 bodies after the collapse of the Al-Zara mine near the city of Al-Nuhud in Sudan’s West Kordofan state, while search operations continued for workers still trapped. A survivor said the number of people inside the mine was unknown after miners took part in rescue efforts that continued throughout the night.
The World Food Programme has warned that it may sharply reduce aid in Sudan in the coming weeks because of funding shortages, as around 20 million people face acute hunger. The programme reaches between 4 million and 5 million people each month, but has only one-third of the funding it needed compared with last year.
The Blue Nile State government said Sudanese army defenses repelled a drone attack launched by the Rapid Support Forces on Damazin, with no casualties reported. Witnesses said they heard explosions and ground-based anti-aircraft fire and saw a drone fall near the city’s airport, as fighting and displacement expand across the state.
