Khalil, a young man from Bara, who said that he was shot and wounded in his hand by a Rapid Support Forces (RSF) member, poses in Omdurman, Sudan, November 8, 2025. REUTERS/El Tayeb Siddig
(Reuters) -The paramilitary force battling the army in Sudan's civil war is shifting its focus eastward after consolidating its grip over Darfur last month, reigniting violence and launching drone attacks across the country's oil-producing southern areas.
Escalating drone strikes and new deployments of troops and weapons by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and the army suggest both sides are now centring their efforts on Kordofan, a region comprised of three states that serves as a buffer between the RSF's western Darfur strongholds and the army-held states in the east.
