Darfur campaign

Darfur campaign
	Part of War in Sudan (2023)
	; Situation in Darfur as of March 2024
Date	15 April 2023 – present; (1 year and 5 days)
Location	Darfur (North Darfur, South Darfur, West Darfur, Central Darfur and East Darfur)
Status	Ongoing Rapid Support Forces control all of South Darfur, Central Darfur, East Darfur, and West Darfur; RSF forces capture strategic cities such as Geneina, Kabkabiya, Um Dafuq, Ed Daein, Kutum, and Nyala; Ceasefires are held in Nyala until 18 May and El Fasher with sporadic clashes beginning on 18 August; The Sudan Liberation Movement controls parts of Darfur including the town of Tawila;
Belligerents
Rapid Support Forces; Supported by:; Libyan National Army; Wagner Group (alleged, denied by RSF and Wagner)	Sudanese Armed Forces Joint Darfur Force Justice and Equality Movement; Sudan Liberation Movement; Sudanese Alliance; Gathering of Sudan Liberation Forces; ;
Commanders and leaders
	Gibril Ibrahim (JEM); Minni Minnawi (SLA-MM); al-Tahir Hajar (GSLF)
Casualties and losses
	10,000+ killed

The Darfur campaign or Darfur offensive is a theatre of operation in the war in Sudan that affects five states in Darfur: South Darfur, East Darfur, North Darfur, Central Darfur and West Darfur. The offensive mainly started on 15 April 2023 in West Darfur where the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) forces captured Geneina, the conflict came after several days of high tensions between the forces and the government.

The Battle of Geneina and the Battle of Nyala were the largest battles of the campaign, which all in total killed hundreds of civilians and both ended up with a RSF victory between 20 April to 2 May 2023.

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