Bone Breaking Battles between the Sudanese  Army and the Rapid Support Forces in Blue Nile

The Blue Nile region is witnessing an accelerated escalation on the ground as violent clashes between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which launched a major offensive in the area, are conflicting reports about the map of control of it.

The Sudanese Army Command confirmed that the 4th Infantry Division was able to defeat a large-scale attack, announcing the destruction of 36 combat vehicles and the neutralization of large numbers of attackers, in the context of battles that have been ongoing for months that included the towns of Kurmak and Maqja.

The Sudanese army confirmed that the forces affiliated with the Fourth Infantry Division in the city of Damazin, and with the support of its affiliated forces, were able to repel an attack launched by the Rapid Support Forces on the Sali area in the Blue Nile region in the southeast of the country.

The statement to the army  said that 36 combat vehicles belonging to the Rapid Support Forces were destroyed, and two vehicles were seized in good condition, in addition to the death of a number of elements it described as mercenaries.

On the other hand, with the paucity of independent information, the Rapid Support Forces announced that they had tightened their grip on the strategic "Killi" area in the Blue Nile state in southeastern Sudan after hours of fierce battles with the Sudanese army forces and its allies, and published videos supporting their claims that their members were inside military positions belonging to the army.

Civilians face uncertain fate

Despite the Sudanese army's control over large parts of the Blue Nile region, several areas were turned into open battlefields that impeded humanitarian access, leaving the population caught between the frontlines facing an unknown fate.

The Sudan Doctors Network condemned what it described as the deliberate targeting of densely populated civilian neighborhoods, stressing that the attack did not target military sites, but led to civilian casualties, in what it considered a violation of humanitarian and international laws and norms.

The Sudan Doctors' Network held the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) leaders fully responsible for the attack, calling on the international community and humanitarian organizations to press for an end to what it described as repeated attacks on civilians.

The escalation has not been limited to the military side, but has also extended to trigger waves of forced displacement that have included thousands of civilians in recent weeks.

Sudan at the top of the global "hunger map"

On the humanitarian side, the Global Food Crisis Report paints a bleak picture of the situation in Sudan, with the country topping the list of the world's most severe hunger crises for 2025, with the deterioration expected to continue in 2026.

The report identified the most prominent indicators of food catastrophe represented by food insecurity, as more than 51% of the population suffers from severe food shortages, and cases of actual famine have been monitored in areas of North Darfur and South Kordofan.

Some 207,000 people are in Phase V, the extreme food insecurity that threatens mass death, and tens of thousands of children face severe and life-threatening malnutrition.

Warnings of the worst

Experts warned that 2026 could hold even more extreme scenarios, as the internal war intersects with disruption of supply chains in the Red Sea as a result of regional tensions.

This disruption threatens to impede the delivery of food imports and agricultural inputs (fertilizers), potentially leading to complete paralysis in the already dilapidated productive sector.

Since the first spark erupted in April 2023 due to disagreements over troop integration, the war has claimed tens of thousands of lives and caused some 13 million people to be internally displaced, and another 4.5 million to seek refuge in neighboring countries.

According to the United Nations, this crisis remains the "worst in the world", in which bullets and hunger are intertwined in a tragic scene that is becoming more complex by the day.