The battle for Kordofan: The corridor linking Sudan’s east and west

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Fighting in Sudan's Kordofan region has intensified since late 2025, becoming a major battleground between the SAF and RSF, with ACLED recording 2,876 attacks there between April 2023 and September 2026. The SAF is associated with more attacks overall, but the RSF overtook them in frequency from late 2024 to mid-2025, with recent fighting concentrated in North Kordofan, particularly around the capital el-Obeid.

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Kordofan, between Darfur and central Sudan, has seen one in five recorded attacks in Sudan's war since April 2023.

The battle for Kordofan: The corridor linking Sudan’s east and west

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