Two years after the war in Sudan, the country remains involved in one of the fastest growing displacement crises in the world.
Since April 15, 2023, a brutal struggle for power between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), directed by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the paramilitary rapid support forces (RSF), commanded by Mohamed Hamdan “Hemedti” forced, Med and Hased, Hasa, Med, millions of people to flee their homes.
In recent weeks, the SAF has taken the capital, Jardum, and has forced the RSF to retire.
More than 11000 registered attacks
From April 15, 2023 to March 28, 2025, at least 11,292 attacks were recorded, with an average of 16 per day, according to the location data project and armed conflict events (Aced).
Once, the Sudan Army was behind 50 percent of all registered attacks (5,615), while the RSF carried out 38 percent (4,291). The remaining 12 percent (1,386 attacks) was attributed to other groups, including Darfur’s community militia, Darfur’s Arab militia, the Liberation Movement of the People of Sudan, the TWIC Clan militia and others.
These attacks include armed clashes, air attacks or drones, bombings, artillery or missile attacks, looting or destruction of property, and remote explosives or land mines.
The following map shows the geographical propagation and intensity of conflict incidents in the 18 Sudan states.
Almost three quarters of all attacks have focused on three main regions:
Jartoum
The capital of Sudan has been the epicenter, with 5,519 attacks, or 49 percent of all registered incidents.
The Army maintains its operations in the capital and its surroundings, saying that it aims to evict the positioning RSF positions.
Gezira
Just south of Jardum, Gezira, the key agricultural state of Sudan, has registered 1,485 attacks, which are 13 percent or total incidents.
Once considered relatively stable, it became a key battlefield as the RSF forces expanded south.
Darfur del Norte
In North Darfur, the RSF has launched several attacks on displacement fields and local militias. The region has seen 1,388 attacks, 12 percent of the national total.
Rest of Sudan
26 percent of the fighting has spread throughout the country, including:
- South Darfur: 511 attacks (5 percent)
- North Kordofan: 463 attacks (4 percent)
- West Darfur: 310 attacks (3 percent)
Tens of thousands of murdered people
According to ACLED, at least 32,973 people have been reported by murders throughout Sudan, he thought that the number of real deaths is probably much higher, especially when the deaths caused for indirect reasons such as the propagation of Dalutease, Malnustae were explained.
Half of the registered deaths have occurred in Jardoum and North Darfur, which have the highest advance rate.
Attack timeline
After months of ascending tensions, on April 15, 2023, heavy shots and explosions broke out in Jardum, a city of 10 million people. Shots were heard near key places, including the headquarters of the Army, the Ministry of Defense, the Presidential Palace and the Jardtum International Airport.
At the end of August 2023, the attacks reached its highest intensity, with 675 registered combined attacks. The United Nations reported that one million people had fled the country, and internal displacement had exceeded 3.4 million.
After a decrease in the letter in the attacks, violence was again intensified in January 2024. By then, the UN reported that eight million people had displaced by the war when the famine faced each other throughout the country.
In September 2024, the SAF carried out air attacks against RSF positions in Jartum, its greatest assault in months.
A slight decrease in the frequency of attacks was observed after January 2025. Although violence remained concentrated in key regions, there was a letter of the intensity of the previous months.
Jostoum airport became the Grayard plane
Using satellite images in the last two years, the Acts Verification Agency of Al Jazeera, Sanad, has mapped extensive destruction at the Jardoum International Airport.
The analysis reveals that the conflict has led to the destruction of at least 49 airplanes and serious damage to about 70 airport structures, including tracks, infrastructure and other facilities.
14 million displaced people
The UN says that Sudan faces the world’s sausage displacement crisis, since the war continues without end to sight.
More than 14 million people have been forced to flee from their homes due to the ongoing conflict.
Of these, at least 11.3 million people have been displaced within Sudan, according to the latest figures from the International Migration Organization (IOM).
At least three million people have crossed international borders, exercising immense tension in neighboring countries, including Chad, South Sudan and Egypt.
Main regions of origin for displaced people:
- Jartum: 3,500,400 displaced (31% of the total)
- South Darfur: 2,082,537 displaced (18%)
- North Darfur: 1,844,175 displaced (16%)
Main destinations for internally displaced people:
- South Darfur: 1,837,706 displaced (16% of the total)
- North Darfur: 1,786,909 displaced (16%)
- Nilo River: 935,723 displaced (8%)