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Map and article by Evan Centanni and Djordje Djukic
![Subscribe to get the full-sized map and report Sudan War: Thumbnail preview of map of who controlled what in Sudan on December 5, 2023. Best Sudan control map online, thoroughly researched for maximum accuracy. Shows territorial control by the government-affiliated Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group, and rebel groups in Sudan including the Sudan Liberation Army/Movement's Abdelwahid El Nur faction (SLA-AW/SLM-AW) in Darfur's Jebel Marra, the SPLM-N faction of Abdelaziz El Hilu in the Two Areas of South Kordofan (Nuba Mountains) and Blue Nile. Also shows the area of control of the Ngok Dinka Abyei Area Administration (AAA) within the disputed Abyei Box. Includes disputed territories claimed by other countries, including the Halaib Triangle, Bir Tawil, and Wadi Halfa Salient along the border with Egypt, plus Kafia Kingi, 14-mile, Abyei, Heglig, Kaka, and Bebnis along the South Sudan border, showing which parts are controlled by which country. Includes key cities and other locations from the news, including Nyala, Zalingei, Ed Daein, Ardamata, Balila oil field, Shag Omar oil field, Babanusa, Um Rawaba and many more.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizUk6Rg04lRxqme1_K8NRAkVtyaeBFvDrVlcIGkIUX3e1tFf5tatJbUqoZaiXiFXUWwG8hIvTwA1Nj7NPyoAFQ4PRNB94hpyc-zBsUPNNn0sMvEbglnQ3-_Z4aEpkR6oP2rJHqd814vuLVzQcaqIsBVKTUCio8SmsmbOGo9Bw3bloxj5BLoN3O5JrcAk0/s500/2023-12-05_sudan-war-map-of-control-rsf-darfur-capitals.png)
From October to December of 2023, the defiant Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group
accomplished a massive consolidation of control in western Sudan's Darfur region. By early December, the
country’s official military had lost its footholds in four out of five of the region's state capitals - though the RSF's control of Darfur was still not as complete as most reports implied.
(This second edition of our new Sudan map series
depicts control in early December 2023, based on research conducted
through January of 2024. Another edition, showing the current situation in 2024, will be coming in the near future.)
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- Up-to-date illustration of current territorial control in Sudan's new civil war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (official government military) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group, rigorously corroborated, with areas of ambiguity clearly indicated.
- Detailed and carefully-researched illustration of territorial control by Sudan's two major "holdout" rebel forces from before the 2023 war: SPLM-N El Hilu in South Kordofan and Blue Nile states, and the SLA-AW (SLM-AW) in Darfur's Jebel Marra.
- Thoroughly-researched depictions of each disputed territory claimed by Sudan along the Egyptian and South Sudanese borders, marking which parts are controlled by the other countries and which parts by other groups (e.g. UN peacekeepers and the Ngok Dinka "Abyei Area Administration").
- Detailed indication of city-by-city control, including key towns and other locations important to current events
- Locations of recent control changes and other important events, including Nyala, Zalingei, Ed Daein, Ardamata, Balila oil field, Shag Omar oil field, Babanusa, Um Rawaba, and more.
- Detailed timeline of important events and changes to territorial control from October 9 to December 5, 2023, with links to sources.
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