Live
Plumes of smoke rise during clashes between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and the army in Khartoum on September 26, 2024. [Reuters]
By Saif Khalid and Edna Mohamed
Published On 26 Sep 2024

This live page is now closed. Click here to follow our coverage of Sudan.

26 Sep 2024 - 13:00
 (13:00 GMT)

Thanks for joining us

This live page is now closed.

Stay up to date on all our latest coverage of the Sudan conflict here.

26 Sep 2024 - 12:45
 (12:45 GMT)

Here’s a recap of today’s news

This live page is closing soon, so here are some of today’s top lines:

  • The Sudanese army took control of three main bridges, including two that connect the city of Omdurman with the capital, Khartoum, after the army launched an offensive against the RSF.
  • Military sources told Al Jazeera the army attacked several military sites belonging to the Rapid Support Forces and around the presidential palace in central Khartoum.
  • At least four people were killed and 14 others injured during artillery shelling by the RSF, according to Khartoum State Health Ministry spokesperson Mohamed Ibrahim.
  • Al Jazeera’s Hiba Morgan reported that RSF withdrew some of its forces from Omdurman to reinforce its troops in Khartoum, according to sources.
26 Sep 2024 - 12:40
 (12:40 GMT)

WATCH: What’s happening in Sudan’s civil war?

26 Sep 2024 - 12:35
 (12:35 GMT)

Telecommunications cut off in Omdurman: Al Jazeera reporter

Al Jazeera’s Hiba Morgan, reporting from Sudan, says telecommunications have been cut off in Omdurman amidst the ongoing fighting between the army and the RSF.

“RSF reinforcement has reached the central bank of Sudan in Al Morgan where the battles are currently centred,” Morgan wrote on X.

26 Sep 2024 - 12:30
 (12:30 GMT)

WATCH: Who will protect civilians in war-torn Sudan?

Fighting between the army and its rival, the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group, has killed tens of thousands of people and forced millions from their homes across much of the country.

Reports of torture and rape have surged during the last 17 months, leaving many people feeling desperate and helpless.

The United Nations wants to deploy peacekeeping troops, but the government says they are not welcome.

Al Jazeera’s Inside Story speaks to experts on what this rejection of intervention from outside means for the people of Sudan.

Watch the discussion below:

26 Sep 2024 - 12:15
 (12:15 GMT)

RSF withdraws some forces from Omdurman: Al Jazeera

Al Jazeera’s correspondent in Sudan, Hiba Morgan, reports that sources have said that the RSF has withdrawn some of its forces from Omdurman to reinforce troops in Khartoum through the Jebel Aulia Bridge.

“Dozens of cars were seen moving across the bridge following the army offensive against the RSF in Khartoum. This could tip the scale back on the RSF’s side,” Morgan added.

The RSF last weekend launched a large-scale offensive in el-Fasher after months of siege. El-Fasher is the only one of five state capitals in the vast Darfur region not yet in RSF hands.

26 Sep 2024 - 12:00
 (12:00 GMT)
Explainer

Here’s what you need to know about the Sudan conflict

The war broke out on April 15, 2023, as the Sudanese army and RSF jostled for power in the wake of the October 2021 coup that toppled the civilian government.

Rivalry erupted between the two sides over an internationally backed plan to launch a new transition with civilian parties.

Under the plan, both the army chief al-Burhan and the RSF leader “Hemedti” were required to cede power.

According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), more than 18,800 people have been killed and at least 33,000 injured since the conflict broke out in April 2023. But some estimates say the death toll could be as high as 150,000.

Due to the conflict, Sudan is also experiencing one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises, with more than half of Sudan’s population, 25.6 million people, facing acute hunger, according to OCHA.

About 8.1 million people in Sudan have also been internally displaced while about two million have been forced to flee the country since the conflict began.

26 Sep 2024 - 11:45
 (11:45 GMT)

Fighting between the army and RSF taking place across Sudan

By Hiba Morgan

Reporting from Khartoum, Sudan

Before today’s Khartoum’s offensive, fighting has been going on elsewhere around the country over the past few days between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.

The RSF has made advances in other parts of Sudan in recent months in a conflict that has caused a vast humanitarian crisis.

26 Sep 2024 - 11:30
 (11:30 GMT)

Map showing the Sudanese capital region – the site of new offensive

(Al Jazeera)
26 Sep 2024 - 11:15
 (11:15 GMT)

‘People are fed up with the militia,’ says Khartoum resident

In an RSF-controlled area in Khartoum, one resident told Al Jazeera that they have been hearing “all types of heavy artillery” coming from all directions since 2am.

“We’re sitting with neighbours, anticipating the next event,” Augreis said.

She added that there is a general hope the army will retake the city as “people are fed up with the militia”.

26 Sep 2024 - 11:00
 (11:00 GMT)

Refugee chronicles: The long and lonely road from Sudan to France

By Jérôme Tubiana

Sudan’s displacement crisis has been called the world’s worst since the partition of India in 1947 displaced at least 15 million people.

Since war broke out in Sudan in April 2023, more than 10 million Sudanese have been displaced.

Some have taken to the roads towards the Mediterranean and Europe, joining uncounted millions from the world’s disaster zones. Like generations of Sudanese people fleeing past conflicts, they have often been smuggled in the backs of trucks.

But their journeys are getting quicker, taking weeks rather than, as in the past, months or years for those who went before them and usually stopped along the way to earn money in North African countries.

In the not-so-distant past, most Sudanese in Libya would work to send remittances home – a key part of the journey.

Read more here.

26 Sep 2024 - 10:50
 (10:50 GMT)
Houthi

Four people killed in artillery shelling by RSF, says Health Ministry

At least four people have been killed and 14 others injured during artillery shelling by the RSF this morning, which targeted residential neighbourhoods in the Karari governorate, north of Omdurman, according to Khartoum State Health Ministry spokesperson Mohamed Ibrahim.

Ibrahim said those injured have been transferred to Al Nao Hospital.

In a media statement, he added that the ministry could not account for the cases that did not reach the hospitals.

Plumes of smoke rise during clashes between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and the army in Khartoum on September 26, 2024 [Reuters]
26 Sep 2024 - 10:45
 (10:45 GMT)

WATCH: Sudan’s army launches major offensive to retake Khartoum

Sudan’s army has launched a major offensive in the capital to regain ground held by the RSF, military sources have told Al Jazeera.

Al Jazeera’s Hiba Morgan reports from Khartoum on the latest developments.

Watch the video below:

26 Sep 2024 - 10:30
 (10:30 GMT)

UN Secretary-General warns of ‘escalation’ to Sudan conflict

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres voiced concern over “escalation” to Sudan’s army chief when they met on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York on Wednesday.

“The Secretary-General expressed deep concern about the escalation of the conflict in the Sudan, which continues to have a devastating impact on the Sudanese civilians and risks a regional spillover,” said a UN readout of Guterres’s meeting with General Abdel-Fattah al-Burhan.

Sudan has been high on the agenda at the UN’s meeting this week, as the dire humanitarian situation and refugee crisis dominated discussions on the war that broke out in April last year.

26 Sep 2024 - 10:15
 (10:15 GMT)

Violent clashes erupt between the army and Rapid Support Forces

Sudanese military sources have told Al Jazeera that Khartoum has witnessed violent clashes between the army and the RSF since dawn today.

The sources explained that the army had attacked several military sites belonging to the RSF and around the presidential palace in central Khartoum.

Heavy and light weapons are being used in the continuing battles, and the Sudanese Air Force is carrying out several flights over Khartoum, the sources added.

(Al Jazeera)
26 Sep 2024 - 10:01
 (10:01 GMT)

When did the war erupt and why?

The fighting broke out on April 15, 2023 due to a power struggle between the army chief and the country’s de factor ruler, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the head of paramilitary forces, the RSF, General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as “Hemedti”.

The 17-month-long civil war has displaced more than 10 million people and driven parts of the country to extreme hunger or famine.

Diplomatic efforts by the United States and other powers have faltered, with the army refusing to attend talks last month in Switzerland.

26 Sep 2024 - 09:25
 (09:25 GMT)

Army takes control of three main bridges: Al Jazeera reporter

Reporting from Khartoum, Al Jazeera’s Hiba Morgan said the army has taken control of three main bridges, including two that connect the city of Omdurman with the capital.

“We know the army was able to take over the eastern part of Nile Bridge, that’s the bridge that connects the city of Omdurman to the city of Khartoum, and they’ve been advancing towards Nile Street, towards the presidential palace where there has also been heavy fighting reported,” said Morgan.

Military sources said the assault was “in the works for months”, said Morgan, against the din of artillery and fighter jets overhead.

26 Sep 2024 - 09:04
 (09:04 GMT)

Welcome to our live coverage

Follow this page for the latest updates from Sudan where the country’s army has launched an offensive to retake parts of the capital from paramilitary forces.

Antonio Guterres has called on the RSF commander to ‘act responsibly and immediately order a halt’ to its attacks.

Published On 21 Sep 2024

The army lost control of most of the capital to the paramilitary RSF at the start of the conflict last April.

Published On 26 Sep 2024