Starting in June, the SPLM-N (al-Hilu) attacked army positions in the south of the country.

The two sides were then joined by rebel groups who had previously fought against the two sides. Throughout the conflict, RSF leader Mohamed Hamdan 'Hemedti' Dagalo and Sudan's de facto leader and army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan have disputed control of government sites in Khartoum, including the general military headquarters, the Presidential Palace, Khartoum International Airport, Burhan's official residence, and the SNBC headquarters, as well as states and towns in Darfur and Kordofan. The conflict began with attacks by the RSF on government sites as airstrikes, artillery, and gunfire were reported across Sudan. As of 15 August 2023, between 4,000 to 10,000 people had been killed and 6,000 to 8,000 others injured, while as of 5 September 2023, over 4 million were internally displaced and more than 1.1 million others had fled the country as refugees. Later, a faction of the militant Sudan People's Liberation Movement–North (SPLM-N) led by Abdelaziz al-Hilu, also fought the SAF in regions bordering South Sudan and Ethiopia. Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2023 Sudan conflictĪn armed conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), rival factions of the military government of Sudan, began on 15 April 2023, with the fighting concentrated around the capital city of Khartoum and the Darfur region.

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