Reporters Without Borders (RSF)

Force in Play

Says its alliance took Al-Birka on October 20; the army says it retook the Bakori base two days later

On October 22 the army said it had retaken the Bakori base in Blue Nile state, about 55 days after the Rapid Support Forces and their allies overran it. The 4th Infantry Division said its Martyr Adrob and Al-Naba Al-Yaqin forces cleared Bakori, also called Bukuri, and the nearby Akleili area.

Updated Oct 27

Rule Changes

As of July 2026: Controls most of Darfur; leaders under ICC scrutiny

In October 2025, Sudan's Rapid Support Forces captured el-Fasher, the last army-held city in Darfur. The United Nations says the paramilitary killed more than 6,000 people there in three days.

Updated Jul 9

Force in Play

As of May 2026: Filed war crimes complaints with ICC

Israeli strikes have killed more journalists in the Gaza war than in any armed conflict in modern history—over 260 Palestinian journalists since October 2023. That exceeds the combined toll from World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War.

Updated May 22

Rule Changes

As of May 2026: Monitoring Philippine press freedom; conducted investigation into Cumpio case

Frenchie Mae Cumpio was 20 years old when police kicked down her door at 2 a.m. and claimed to find a grenade on her bed. Six years later, she remains in prison—now convicted of terrorism financing and facing up to 18 more years. The regional court acquitted her of the weapons charges that justified her original arrest but found her guilty of funneling money to communist insurgents, based largely on testimony from witnesses who gave contradictory statements about meeting a nine-year-old terrorist financier.

Updated May 22

Force in Play

As of May 2026: Controls Darfur and parts of Kordofan

Two of every five Sudanese now lack enough food. Three UN agencies said on May 15 that 19.5 million people across Sudan face crisis-level hunger after three years of war between the national army and a paramilitary force.

Updated May 15