{
  "id": "ACM-SDN-CIV",
  "slug": "sudan-civil-war",
  "title": "The Sudan Civil War",
  "url": "https://armedconflicts.org/sudan-civil-war.html",
  "status": "Active",
  "intensity": "High",
  "region": "Northeast Africa",
  "tracked_since": "2023",
  "revision": "2026-08-05",
  "sources": [
    "ACLED",
    "UCDP",
    "CFR Global Conflict Tracker"
  ],
  "locations": [
    {
      "name": "Khartoum",
      "type": "city",
      "lat": 15.5007,
      "lon": 32.5599,
      "description": "Sudan's capital, the site of the war's opening battles in April 2023 and heavily damaged before its recapture from the Rapid Support Forces.",
      "control": "Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF)",
      "source": "Council on Foreign Relations, Global Conflict Tracker",
      "source_url": "https://www.cfr.org/global-conflict-tracker/conflict/power-struggle-sudan",
      "as_of": "2026-07-29"
    },
    {
      "name": "Omdurman",
      "type": "city",
      "lat": 15.6445,
      "lon": 32.4777,
      "description": "Khartoum's twin city across the Nile, retaken from Rapid Support Forces in early 2025 fighting.",
      "control": "Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF)",
      "source": "Council on Foreign Relations, Global Conflict Tracker",
      "source_url": "https://www.cfr.org/global-conflict-tracker/conflict/power-struggle-sudan",
      "as_of": "2026-07-29"
    },
    {
      "name": "El Fasher",
      "type": "city",
      "lat": 13.6289,
      "lon": 25.3492,
      "description": "Capital of North Darfur and the army's last major stronghold in the region until it fell after an eighteen-month siege on October 27, 2025.",
      "control": "Rapid Support Forces (RSF)",
      "source": "Council on Foreign Relations, Global Conflict Tracker",
      "source_url": "https://www.cfr.org/global-conflict-tracker/conflict/power-struggle-sudan",
      "as_of": "2026-07-29"
    },
    {
      "name": "Port Sudan",
      "type": "port",
      "lat": 19.6158,
      "lon": 37.2164,
      "description": "Red Sea port city that has functioned as the wartime seat of Sudan's government and its main gateway for humanitarian and commercial shipping."
    },
    {
      "name": "El Obeid",
      "type": "city",
      "lat": 13.1889,
      "lon": 30.2176,
      "description": "North Kordofan capital with rail links to Khartoum, held after the army broke a Rapid Support Forces siege in February 2025.",
      "control": "Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF)",
      "source": "Council on Foreign Relations, Global Conflict Tracker",
      "source_url": "https://www.cfr.org/global-conflict-tracker/conflict/power-struggle-sudan",
      "as_of": "2026-07-29"
    },
    {
      "name": "Nyala",
      "type": "city",
      "lat": 12.05,
      "lon": 24.8833,
      "description": "Largest city in South Darfur and a commercial hub for the wider Darfur region."
    },
    {
      "name": "El Geneina",
      "type": "city",
      "lat": 13.4523,
      "lon": 22.4453,
      "description": "Capital of West Darfur, near the Chad border, the site of mass ethnically targeted killings documented early in the war."
    },
    {
      "name": "Kadugli",
      "type": "city",
      "lat": 11.0167,
      "lon": 29.7167,
      "description": "Capital of South Kordofan, a state that has seen fighting spread as the conflict's east-west front line hardens."
    }
  ],
  "revision_history": [
    {
      "date": "2026-08-05",
      "change": "Headlines refreshed",
      "source": "News feed"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-07-29",
      "change": "Khartoum control updated",
      "source": "Council on Foreign Relations, Global Conflict Tracker"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-07-29",
      "change": "Omdurman control updated",
      "source": "Council on Foreign Relations, Global Conflict Tracker"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-07-29",
      "change": "El Fasher control updated",
      "source": "Council on Foreign Relations, Global Conflict Tracker"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-07-29",
      "change": "El Obeid control updated",
      "source": "Council on Foreign Relations, Global Conflict Tracker"
    }
  ]
}