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Sudan internal conflict (2011–present)

Sudanese conflict in South Kordofan and Blue Nile
Part of the
Sudanese Internal Conflict.svg
Military situation in Sudan on 2 November 2016.
  Under control of the Sudanese Government and allies
  Under control of the Sudan Revolutionary Front and allies
  Under control of the Sudanese Awakening Revolutionary Council
For a more detailed map of the current military situation in Sudan, see .
Date 5 June 2011 (2011-06-05) – present
(5 years, 8 months, 3 weeks and 5 days)
Location South Kordofan and Blue Nile in Sudan; spillover into South Sudan
Status

Ongoing

Belligerents

 Sudan

SRF

Alleged support:
 Ethiopia
 South Sudan
Commanders and leaders
Sudan Omar al-Bashir
Sudan Abdel Rahim Mohammed Hussein
Sudan Mustafa Osman Obeid Salim
Sudan Ibrahim Balandiya 
Abdelaziz al-Hilu
Gibril Ibrahim
Khalil Ibrahim 
Malik Agar
Yasir Arman
Minni Minnawi
Abdul Wahid al Nur
Mohamed Rahouma 
Units involved

Sudanese Armed Forces

SLA

Strength
SAF:
109,300
RSF:
17,500
SPLM-N:
45,000
JEM:
35,000
Casualties and losses

600–650 killed
179 confirmed captured
405 vehicles destroyed
746 vehicles captured

2,530 (2013–2014 in Blue Nile)
704 killed
Total:
c. 643–1,500 killed
500,000 displaced

Ongoing

 Sudan

SRF

Sudanese Armed Forces

SLA

600–650 killed
179 confirmed captured
405 vehicles destroyed
746 vehicles captured

The Sudanese conflict in South Kordofan and Blue Nile, also referred to by some media as the Third Sudanese Civil War, is an ongoing armed conflict in the Sudanese southern states of South Kordofan and Blue Nile between the Army of Sudan (SAF) and Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N), a northern affiliate of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) in South Sudan. After some years of relative calm following the 2005 deal which ended the second Sudanese civil war between the Sudanese government and SPLM rebels, fighting broke out again in the lead-up to South Sudan independence on 9 July 2011, starting in South Kordofan on 5 June and spreading to the neighboring Blue Nile state in September. SPLM-N, splitting from newly-independent SPLM, took up arms against the inclusion of the two southern states in Sudan with no popular consultation and against the lack of democratic elections. The conflict is intertwined with the War in Darfur, since in November 2011 SPLM-N established a loose alliance with Darfuri rebels, called Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF).


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