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The humanitarian situation in Sudan remains dire as the country\u2019s army \u2013 the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) \u2013 remains locked in a devastating conflict with the paramilitary, Rapid Support Forces (RSF).<\/p>\n
The generals leading the two sides, both accused of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity in the resource-rich Northeast African nation, show no real signs of yielding to international calls for a ceasefire.<\/p>\n
Here are the key battlefield, humanitarian and political developments from this month.<\/p>\n
Fighting and military control
\nThe RSF has been killing civilians and solidifying its control over the West Darfur state after taking over el-Fasher, the last remaining army stronghold in the region, in late October<\/a>.
\nThe SAF holds most of the eastern and central parts of the country, including capital Khartoum and parts of Kordofan. But the RSF and some of its allied militias have been mobilising troops and equipment to take more areas in central Kordofan.
\nThe RSF has set its sights on Babnusa and el-Obeid<\/a>, strategic cities that offer a vital military advantage as they provide a route to Khartoum and an economic edge as they are rich in agricultural, livestock and petroleum resources.
\nArmy soldiers celebrated their takeovers of Kazqil and Um Dam Haj Ahmed<\/a> in North Kordofan in mid-November, and have been holding on to territory in central Sudan as international stakeholders push for a ceasefire that could potentially freeze battle lines.
\nHumanitarian crisis
\nWitnesses and international aid agencies working on the ground in Darfur recounted widespread horrific instances of atrocities committed by the RSF in the aftermath of its bloody takeover of el-Fasher. Evidence shows RSF militias engaged in mass killings, rape of women and girls, and taking hostages for ransom.
\nThousands of people remain missing after fleeing el-Fasher for surrounding areas like Tawila. Thousands more Sudanese civilians were forced to run to neighbouring Chad, where the humanitarian situation is faring no better, and agencies are working to assist people amid depleting UN finances<\/a>.
\nSatellite images showed that the RSF systematically burned and buried a large number of bodies in mass graves across multiple areas of el-Fasher to hide what a Sudanese nongovernmental medical organisation called a \u201cgenocide\u201d.
\nThe Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, or IPC, in early November confirmed that famine had been detected not only in el-Fasher, but also in Kadugli, located in South Kordofan. The United Nations-backed global hunger monitor said 20 other areas in Darfur and Kordofan were also at serious risk of sliding into famine conditions as most aid remains blocked.
\nAmy Pope, director general of the UN\u2019s International Organization for Migration, said Sudan has the world\u2019s largest displacement crisis and that it does not get the attention it deserves despite mostly affecting children and women. Nearly 14 million people are displaced internally or forced to flee to impoverished neighbouring countries.
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Mabroka Adam, a seven-year-old Sudanese refugee girl from el-Fasher, poses inside her family tent at the Tine transit refugee camp in eastern Chad, November 22, 2025 [Amr Abdallah Dalsh\/Reuters]Diplomacy and political developments
\nThe so-called Quad, comprising the United States, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, has put forward a truce proposal that envisages a future transition to civilian rule in Sudan. The fighting continues on the ground, even as the RSF has claimed to accept the proposal and the SAF has refused it.
\nThe RSF announced on November 6 that it had accepted the proposal from the mediators, and its commanding general, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, widely known as Hemedti, released a video message on November 26 to claim his paramilitary force is committed to an apparently unilateral three-month \u201chumanitarian truce\u201d<\/a>. But the RSF attacks did not cease in November.
\nThe RSF commander\u2019s announcement came a day after army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan told senior commanders in an address released by his office that he categorically rejects the Quad proposal. Al-Burhan said the proposal heavily undermines the armed forces, dissolves security agencies, and maintains the RSF in its positions.
\nThe army commander also singled out the UAE<\/a> and said the Quad lacks credibility as \u201cthe entire world has witnessed the UAE\u2019s support for rebels against the Sudanese state\u201d. Abu Dhabi, the largest importer of gold from Sudan, continues to deny arming and funding the RSF.
\nUS President Donald Trump pledged \u201ccooperation and coordination\u201d to end Sudan\u2019s war after an appeal by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during a White House visit. Trump\u2019s senior adviser on Arab and African affairs, Massad Boulos, held a joint news conference in Abu Dhabi with Anwar Gargash, the diplomatic adviser to the UAE\u2019s president, to push the truce proposal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sudan\u2019s army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces eye more territory as international stakeholders push for truce. Published On…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":319675,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[6074,64,63,99,164,12241,44,161107,180172,29994,1055,6075],"class_list":{"0":"post-319674","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-africa","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-business","12":"tag-economy","13":"tag-middle-east","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-sudan","16":"tag-sudan-war","17":"tag-united-arab-emirates","18":"tag-united-states","19":"tag-us-canada"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=319674"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319674\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/319675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=319674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=319674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}