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      <text>Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) says that they have seized the Bakori and Surkum army bases in the southeastern Blue Nile region alongside Sudan People's Liberation Movement–North (SPLM–N). </text>
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    <text>Sudan's Rapid Support Forces says that they have seized the Bakori and Surkum Sudanese Army bases in the southeastern Blue Nile region alongside Sudan People's Liberation Movement–North. </text>
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      <text>Sudan's defence ministry says that the country's armed forces have shot down a &quot;hostile&quot; drone from Ethiopia entering its airspace, which was seen flying over the Blue Nile region. </text>
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    <text>Sudan's defence ministry says that the country's armed forces (SAF) have shot down a &quot;hostile&quot; drone from Ethiopia entering its airspace, which was seen flying over the Blue Nile region. </text>
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      <date>2026-08-17</date>
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      <text>The Sudanese Army says that it has shot down a long-range drone used by the Rapid Support Forces in Sudan's North Kordofan state, the second drone shot this month in the region. </text>
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    <text>The Sudanese Armed Forces says that it has shot down a long-range drone used by the Rapid Support Forces in Sudan's North Kordofan state, the second drone shot down this month in the region. </text>
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      <date>2026-08-11</date>
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      <text>A heavy attack on civilians by the Rapid Support Forces and Sudan People's Liberation Movement–North is reported in Geissan in Sudan's Blue Nile state, including on the main market, surrounding farms, and other shops. </text>
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    <text>A heavy attack on civilians by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and Sudan People's Liberation Movement–North (SPLM-N) is reported in Geissan in Sudan's Blue Nile state, including on the main market, surrounding farms, and other shops. </text>
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    <text>Rapid Support Forces senior commander and brigadier general Mahdi Adam Ismail, also known as &quot;Jebel Moon&quot;, is confirmed to be killed during clashes with the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Joint Forces in West Darfur, Sudan. His death is confirmed by Sudan Liberation Movement leader and Darfur governor Minni Arko Minnawi. </text>
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      <text>The Fourth Infantry Division of the Sudanese Armed Forces says that the army has repealed a major attack by the Rapid Support Forces and SPLM-N on the town of Al-Barka in the Blue Nile region in Sudan. </text>
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    <text>The Fourth Infantry Division of the Sudanese Armed Forces says that the army has repelled a major attack by the Rapid Support Forces and SPLM-N on the town of Al-Barka in the Blue Nile region in Sudan. </text>
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    <text>The Rapid Support Forces capture Heglig, Sudan's largest oilfield, after the Sudanese Armed Forces withdraw from the area. </text>
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    <text>The Rapid Support Forces say that they have captured Babanusa, the last stronghold of the Sudanese Armed Forces in West Kordofan, Sudan. </text>
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    <text>The European Union and its member states pledge {{Euro}}522 million (US$590 million) and the United Kingdom pledges {{GBP}}120 million (US$141 million) in humanitarian aid to Sudan to deliver food and supplies to over 650,000 internally displaced Sudanese people affected by the fighting between the Rapid Support Forces and the Sudanese Armed Forces. The two groups also call for an immediate ceasefire to end the war. </text>
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      <text>The Sudanese Armed Forces retakes the presidential palace in Khartoum after the Rapid Support Forces withdraw. </text>
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    <text>The Sudanese Armed Forces retakes the presidential palace in Khartoum, Sudan, after the Rapid Support Forces' withdrawal. </text>
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  <text>The Sudanese Armed Forces says that they have killed several Rapid Support Forces militants in Sudan's Blue Nile state. The country's defence ministry also confirms the attacks. </text>
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