Darfur campaign (2023–present)

Darfur campaign
	Part of Sudanese civil war (2023–present)
	; Military situation as of 3 March 2025
Date	15 April 2023 – present; (2 years, 2 months and 1 day)
Location	Darfur (with spillovers into Chad and South Sudan)
Status	Ongoing Rapid Support Forces control all of South Darfur, Central Darfur, East Darfur, and West Darfur; RSF forces capture strategic cities such as Geneina, Kabkabiya, Um Dafuq, Ed Daein, Kutum, and Nyala; Ceasefires are held in Nyala until 18 May and El Fasher with sporadic clashes beginning on 18 August; The Sudan Liberation Movement controls parts of Darfur including the town of Tawila;
Belligerents
Rapid Support Forces	Sudanese Armed Forces; Darfur Joint Protection Force; Justice and Equality Movement; Sudan Liberation Movement; Sudanese National Alliance; Gathering of Sudan Liberation Forces; Chadian rebels (alleged)
Commanders and leaders
Abdelrahim Dagalo; Abdel Rahman Jumma; Ali Yaqoub Gibril †; Salih Al-Foti; Hassan Saleh Nahar	Gibril Ibrahim (JEM); Minni Minnawi (SLA-MM)
Units involved
20th Infantry Division	91st Infantry Brigade
Casualties and losses
	10,000+ killed; Dozens of civilians killed and injured ; 60% of the population flees.

The Darfur campaign or Darfur offensive is a theatre of operation in the war in Sudan that affects five states in Darfur: South Darfur, East Darfur, North Darfur, Central Darfur and West Darfur. The offensive mainly started on 15 April 2023 in West Darfur where the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) forces captured Geneina, the conflict came after several days of high tensions between the forces and the government.

The Battle of Geneina and the Battle of Nyala were the largest battles of the campaign, which all in total killed hundreds of civilians and both ended up with a RSF victory between 20 April to 2 May 2023.