Rapid Support Forces seek to make Blue Nile a strategic axis
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Baj News
The Rapid Support Forces are reportedly seeking to turn the Blue Nile front into a major strategic centre for their military operations in Sudan. Military sources cited by Baj News describe a shift in their strategy in the region, previously considered an attrition zone.
The Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a Sudanese paramilitary group, are seeking to make the Blue Nile a strategic axis of their military campaign, according to military reports cited by Baj News.
The same reports indicate that the Blue Nile front has become a priority for the RSF, which is seeking to turn the region into a strategic centre after previously using it as an attrition zone intended to achieve a breakthrough. The RSF notably took Al-Baraka in the Blue Nile region on 21 October, before the Sudanese army retook Bakori and Akleli on 23 October.
The development comes as fighting continues in the Blue Nile. On 7 November, a drone strike closed a dialysis centre in the region, while clashes also involved military operations and drone strikes on other sites in Sudan.
The Sudanese army's recapture of Bakori and Akleli on 23 October followed the RSF's seizure of Al-Baraka, announced on 21 October. These two stages marked the evolution of military positions around the Blue Nile.
