Sudan: Shifting Frontlines – Army and RSF Clash Over Strategic West Kordofan Towns

The Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) announced on Sunday that its forces and allied groups had retaken the town of Al-Khuwayyi in West Kordofan, reversing recent gains by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The development comes amid a broader escalation of violence in the Kordofan region, as both sides seek territorial advantage in Sudan’s grinding civil war.

The RSF had earlier claimed control over Al-Khuwayyi on 3 May, a day after it captured El Nahud–one of the most significant urban centres…