Despite its recent gains, Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) does not appear powerful enough to achieve victory in the near future, which means the war in Sudan is poised to persist and geographically expand, drawing in additional armed groups, worsening the humanitarian toll and risking long-term economic costs. As the war in Sudan enters its seventh month, fighting between the paramilitary RSF and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) shows no signs of ebbing, with the conflict intensifying around military locations in Khartoum and reaching new states previously spared from fighting. up until this point. While the SAF maintains its stronghold in the northeastern Red Sea state and control over military bases in Khartoum and neighboring areas, the RSF appears to be making territorial gains in the capital, Khartoum, as well as Omdurman and Bahri, and in peripheral areas like the state of Gezira, located south of Khartoum. The SAF...
