Sudan's civil war: Areas of control
The Rapid Support Forces rebel group has battled government forces for over two years in a conflict that is estimated to have killed more than 150,000 people. Sudan’s strategic value lies in its access to the Red Sea – a vital shipping route – along with its agricultural land, gold deposits and control over the Nile’s waters.
IRAQ
IRAN
QATAR
LIBYA
EGYPT
SAUDI
ARABIA
UAE
OMAN
CHAD
SUDAN
YEMEN
DJIBOUTI
ETHIOPIA
South
SUDAN
CAR
SOMALIA
UGANDA
Dem.
Rep.
Congo
KENYA
1,000 miles
1,000 km
TANZANIA
Controlling groups
Rapid Support Forces (RSF)
Pro-RSF groups
Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF)
Pro-SAF groups
Gold deposits and mining areas
Other groups
250 miles
250 km
EGYPT
Red
Sea
LIBYA
Port
Sudan
Dongola
CHAD
SUDAN
Kassala
Khartoum
El Fasher
Al-Ubayyid
Nyala
Grand Ethiopian
Renaissance Dam
CENTRAL
AFRICAN
REPublic
ETHIOPIA
South
SUDAN
IRAQ
IRAN
QATAR
LIBYA
EGYPT
SAUDI
ARABIA
UAE
OMAN
CHAD
SUDAN
YEMEN
DJIBOUTI
ETHIOPIA
South
SUDAN
CAR
SOMALIA
UGANDA
Dem.
Rep.
Congo
KENYA
1,000 miles
1,000 km
TANZANIA
Controlling groups
Rapid Support Forces (RSF)
Pro-RSF groups
Other groups
Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF)
Pro-SAF groups
Gold deposits and mining areas
250 miles
250 km
EGYPT
Red
Sea
LIBYA
Port
Sudan
Dongola
CHAD
SUDAN
Kassala
Khartoum
El Fasher
Al-Ubayyid
Nyala
Grand Ethiopian
Renaissance Dam
CENTRAL
AFRICAN
REPublic
ETHIOPIA
South
SUDAN
Controlling groups
Gold deposits and mining areas
Rapid Support Forces (RSF)
Pro-RSF groups
Other groups
Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF)
Pro-SAF groups
250 miles
IRAQ
IRAN
250 km
EGYPT
QATAR
LIBYA
EGYPT
LIBYA
SAUDI
ARABIA
UAE
OMAN
Port
Sudan
Nile river
CHAD
SUDAN
YEMEN
Dongola
Red
Sea
DJIBOUTI
CHAD
ETHIOPIA
South
SUDAN
CAR
SUDAN
SOMALIA
Khartoum
Kassala
UGANDA
Dem.
Rep.
Congo
Eritrea
KENYA
800 miles
TANZANIA
800 km
El Fasher
Nyala
Djibouti
SOMALIA
Grand Ethiopian
Renaissance Dam
CENTRAL
AFRICAN
REPublic
ETHIOPIA
South
SUDAN
