As September 2025 opened, the war in Sudan was sixteen months old and rival forces on both sides continued to fight for power.
The Sudanese Armed Forces sent Heavy airstrikes onto Khartoum and Omdurman, while the Rapid Support Forces expanded deep into Darfur and parts of Kordofan. The escalation in the fighting meant that civilians paid the highest price for being bystanders of this internecine power struggle.
Humanitarian Crisis
Relief agencies reported that many families had been internally displaced by the fierce battles. Some aid teams rushed to distribute food and medicines or rebuild wells, but blocked or looted roads hampered their work. Day after day, refugees streamed into Chad and South Sudan; The refugee camps along these borders had soon exceeded all planned capacity. Doctors set up clinics under makeshift awnings and volunteers in the villages battered by bombardment dug communal graves.
The United Nations demanded both sides should ensure humanitarian access, yet their commanders in the field paid no heed to these pleas and even tightened their control of lifelines. Bread and fuel prices soared to new highs in both government-controlled and insurgent towns alike, leaving households boiling down leaves in order to obtain sustenance.
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Fighting on Several Fronts
The SAF bombed RSF positions on Khartoum’s southern outskirts. Fighter jets roared over, laying the city amid bursts of artillery. For their part, RSF units descended upon army camps while capturing big weapons. In Darfur, RSF units advanced into El Geneina, where local militias fought them off. Things came dangerous quickly, with men from tribal factions all throwing themselves into battle and leaving little chance of stopping any sort of ethnic cleansing.
