RSF and SPLM-N Attack Army’s Positions in Blue Nile, Capture Strategic Area

2026-02-07 - 20:57

The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) launched an attack on Tuesday on three sites in the Blue Nile region of southeastern Sudan, seizing the strategic town of Deim Mansour. ... On January 26, the army regained positions in Bau County in Blue Nile from a coalition comprising the RSF and SPLM-N, one day after the coalition had seized them using forces that advanced from within South Sudan. The SPLM-N, led by Abdel Aziz al-Hilu, announced it had taken control of the strategic town of Deim Mansour, as well as Bashir Nuqu and Khor al-Budi in Kurmuk County, following battles with the Sudanese army. Deim Mansour is considered a critical strategic town whose fall is feared to clear the way for the army to lose the city of Kurmuk. ... Kurmuk Commissioner Abdel Ati Mohamed al-Faki said on Tuesday that the RSF and SPLM-N attacked army garrisons in the county, including Deim Mansour and Khor al-Budi, and that the army was engaging them. Sudan Tribune