Sennar offensive

Sennar offensive
Part of the Sudanese civil war (2023-present)
Date 30 June 2024 – present (2 months, 1 week and 3 days) Location Sennar State Status ongoing Territorial changes RSF captures Mazmoum, Dinder, and the capital Sinjah.[2][3][4]
Belligerents
Sudanese Armed Forces 17th Infantry Division The Middle Call[1] 1st self-defence battalion	Rapid Support Forces
Commanders and leaders
Major General Ayoub Abdel-Qader	Abdel Rahman Albishi †[5] Abu Aqla Kikil
Casualties and losses
~ 1300 civilian missing since RSF assault on Sinja"More than 1,300 missing after Singa incidents".

The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has waged a major offensive against the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) in Sennar State, resulting in widespread violence and displacement,^[6][7] as part of the ongoing Sudanese civil war.

The conflict in Sudan has been ongoing since April 2023, when tensions between the SAF and the RSF escalated into open warfare.

The Sennar Offensive began with the RSF attacking the village of Jebal Moya in Sennar province. The conflict soon spread to the provincial capital of Singa, where intense fighting erupted.^[6]

RSF fighters in pickup trucks mounted with automatic rifles rampaged through Singa, looting houses and shops, and taking over the city's main hospital. The RSF claimed to have seized the military's main facility, the 17th Infantry Division Headquarters, in Singa.

The violence forced about 57,000 people to flee their homes. Those fleeing Singa arrived in Gedaref, Blue Nile, White Nile, and Kassala states. Aid groups in Gedaref, which is already hosting more than 600,000 people, started planning for the arrival of those fleeing Sennar.

The Sennar Offensive has had severe humanitarian consequences, with potential future disruption of large-scale agricultural programs in the nearby provinces of Blue Nile, White Nile, and Jazira.