The BBC posted on 11 January 2026 an article titled "Sudan's Government Returns to Capital after Nearly 3 Years of War" by Wedaeli Chibelushi.
The Sudan Armed Forces government officially returned to Khartoum following nearly 3 years of war with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and having relocated operations to Port Sudan. Basic services are barely functioning after years of fighting in the city. The conflict with the RSF continues in other parts of Sudan.
Aljazeera published on 21 October 2025 an article titled "Drone Attack in Sudan Threatens Khartoum Airport's Reopening: Reports" by Stephen Quillen.
The Sudan Armed Forces planned to reopen for civilian flights the Khartoum international airport, which has been shut down since the outbreak of fighting with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in April 2023. Recent drone attacks, almost certainly by the RSF, in the vicinity of the airport threaten to postpone the reopening.
AEI's Critical Threats Africa File posted on 18 September 2025 an article titled "RSF Drone Strikes in Sudan" by Michael DeAngelo.
The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) resumed drone strikes between 9 and 14 September on multiple Sudan Armed Forces' targets in Khartoum and White Nile states. The drones were probably made by China but supplied to the RSF by the UAE.
AEI Critical Threats published on 22 May 2025 an analysis titled "SAF Advances across Sudan Despite RSF Drone Strikes" by Kathryn Tyson.
The Sudan Armed Forces have made incremental progress against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in spite of successful RSF drone strikes on Port Sudan.
NPR posted on 26 April 2025 the text of a conversation titled "Sudan's Capital City Is Finally Repaired--But Shattered Beyond Recognition" between Scott Simon and Emmanuel Akinwotu, international correspondent for NPR.
After two years of fighting between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, the SAF has regained control of Khartoum. Emmanuel Akinwotu recently visited Khartoum and described the destruction and desperation in the capital city. The dismantlement of the US Agency for International Development is adding to the challenges of surviving in Khartoum.
The New York Times published on 19 April 2025 an article and photo spread titled "Trump's Aid Cuts Hit the Hungry in a City of Shellfire and Starvation" by Declan Walsh and Ivor Prickett.
Within days of the dismantling of USAID by the Trump administration, over 300 soup kitchens run by Emergency Response Rooms, a network of democracy activists turned volunteer aid workers, were forced to close. Aid groups on the ground in Sudan say the flow of American money stopped two months ago and USAID officials who helped make the payments have been fired.
The New York Times published on 21 March 2025 an article titled "Sudan's Military Retakes Presidential Palace in Devastated Capital" by Declan Walsh and Ivor Prickett.
The article describes and contains pictures of the devastation the war between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has inflicted on Khartoum. The SAF now controls most of Khartoum and Omdurman across the White Nile from the capital. While Khartoum is a scene of devastation, markets and restaurants are bustling in Omdurman.
Reuters published on 21 March 2025 an article titled "Sudanese Army Says It Has Control of Presidential Palace in Khartoum" by Khalid Abdelaziz, Jana Choukeir, and Nafisa Eltahir.
The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) seized full control of the presidential place in Khartoum from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which has now mostly been pushed out of the capital region. Consequently, the RSF is strengthening its positions in western Sudan as the country moves toward de facto partition between the RSF and the SAF.
The International Crisis Group published on 21 February 2025 an analysis titled "Battle for Khartoum Marks a Crossroads in Sudan's Civil War."
As the Sudan Armed Forces advance throughout Khartoum, the outcome could be the partition of Sudan with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces maintaining control in much of Western Sudan. This might provide an opportunity for outside mediation, but the end of fighting is not yet in sight.
The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine posted on 12 November 2024 a study titled "War-Time Mortality in Sudan: A Capture-Recapture Analysis."
The civil war in Sudan has resulted in a higher death rate than previously reported. The number of intentional-injury deaths in Khartoum alone surpass those estimated for the entire country in the first 14 months of the war. This suggests extensive underreporting of a severe mortality impact in Khartoum and likely across Sudan.
Human Rights Watch published on 28 July 2024 a report titled "Khartoum Is Not Safe for Women! Sexual Violence against Women and Girls in Sudan's Capital."
The warring military factions in Sudan, especially the Rapid Support Forces, have committed widespread acts of sexual violence in areas of Khartoum over which they exercise control. These acts constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity. Human Rights Watch calls on the African Union and United Nations to deploy a civilian protection force in Sudan's capital.
Aljazeera published on 7 June 2024 an article titled "Dozens Killed Near Sudan's Capital as UN Warns of Soaring Displacement."
An official with the International Organization of Migration said 9.9 million people are now displaced across Sudan. An official with the World Food Program added that Sudan is "on the verge of collapse."
The New York Times published on 5 June 2024 a photographic account titled "A War on the Nile Pushes Sudan Toward the Abyss" by reporter Declan Walsh and photographer Ivor Prickett.
Walsh and Prickett travelled from Port Sudan on the Red Sea to Khartoum and Omdurman, documenting the destruction along the way caused by the civil war. Few international reporters have been able to make their way to the capital region since the outbreak of conflict more than a year ago. The photographs underscore the mayhem that the Sudan Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have imposed on Sudan.
BBC TV ran a 6-minute clip on 19 March 2024 titled "Millions Face Starvation in Sudan as Warring Factions Block Aid Delivery."
This coverage is one of the few occasions when a Western media organization has reported recently from inside Sudan, including Khartoum and Omdurman. The clip makes the point that media coverage of the situation in Ukraine, Gaza, and now Haiti has drowned out the horrific situation in Sudan.
Aljazeera posted on 8 March 2024 a 20-minute podcast titled "The Take: Sudan's New Normal" with Hiba Morgan, Aljazeera's correspondent resident in Omdurman.
Hiba Morgan is one of the very few journalists to remain in the Khartoum capital region and to continue reporting on the situation in Sudan. In this podcast, she describes her personal challenges and for many residents almost impossible conditions of living in an urban area frequently subject to artillery fire between the Sudan Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.
The Wall Street Journal published on 6 March 2024 an article titled "Ukraine Is Now Fighting Russia in Sudan" by Ian Lovett, Nikita Nikolaienko, and Nicholas Bariyo.
A group of about 100 Ukrainian commandos are in Sudan fighting on behalf of the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, which has the support of Russian troops originally with the Wagner Group and now controlled by the ministry of defense. The Ukrainian commandos are also training and supplying advanced weapons to the SAF troops.
Comment: The small number of Ukrainian commandos appear to be confined to fighting in the Khartoum capital region where they rarely come in contact with Russian forces who tend to stay out of direct combat and are primarily located in western Sudan.
The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data (ACLED) project posted on 12 January 2024 an analysis titled "Sudan: The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) Gains Ground in Sudan."
This analysis documents the current military situation in Sudan. The paramilitary RSF has gained the upper hand over the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) in the ongoing civil war. While the SAF still controls more state capitals, the RSF capture of Wad Madani, Sudan's second largest city, and Al Jazirah State south of Khartoum resulted in panic in other SAF-controlled states.
Aljazeera published on 11 November 2023 an article titled "'Like a Horror Movie': The Men Defending Their Homes in Sudan's Bloody War" by Anson Zhang.
This article describes the horrors of living today in the Khartoum capital region where the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces control most of the tri-city area.
ABC News published on 25 October 2023 an article titled "Sudan Now One of the 'Worst Humanitarian Nightmares in Recent History'" by Emma Ogao.
UN Humanitarian and Emergency Relief head Martin Griffiths recently said that 6 months of war in Sudan between the Sudan Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has plunged the country into "one of the worst humanitarian nightmares in recent history."
Aljazeera published on 4 July 2023 an article titled "Fighting Rages in Sudan as Army Tries to Cut RSF Supply Lines."
Heavy fighting has resumed in Omdurman, across the Nile River from Khartoum, as the Sudan Armed Forces tries to prevent the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, which is strong in Omdurman, from reinforcing with troops from Darfur and Kordofan.
