Sudanese army claims recapture of strategic border town of Kurmuk near Ethiopia

Sudanese army claims recapture of strategic border town of Kurmuk near Ethiopia
Sudanese army claims recapture of strategic border town of Kurmuk near Ethiopia - Members of the Sudanese Armed Forces as seen in strategic border town of Kurmuk. (Photo: Sudan Tribune via Addis Standard)
Members of the Sudanese Armed Forces as seen in strategic border town of Kurmuk. (Photo: Sudan Tribune via Addis Standard)

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Kurmuk’s proximity to Ethiopia has made the area strategically significant, with the conflict raising fears of cross-border security risks and further displacement in the border region.

The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) have claimed to have recaptured the strategic border town of Kurmuk in Sudan’s Blue Nile State after days of intensified fighting against an alliance of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and a faction of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) led by Abdel Aziz al-Hilu.
The claim, reported by Sudan Tribune earlier today, comes days after the Sudanese military launched a major offensive to retake the town, which lies along the border with Ethiopia’s Benishangul-Gumuz region and has been under the control of the RSF-SPLM-N alliance since March.
According to Sudan Tribune, Brig. Gen. Abadi al-Tahir, commander of the army’s Al-Naba al-Yaqeen task force, announced the recapture in a video circulated by pro-army media outlets.

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He claimed Sudanese forces inflicted heavy casualties and destroyed military equipment belonging to the RSF, forcing the remaining fighters to withdraw.
The reported recapture follows an intensified military campaign launched last week to regain control of Kurmuk, a strategically important town whose capture by the RSF and its allies earlier this year heightened concerns over instability along Sudan’s border with Ethiopia.
Last week, SAF troops and allied forces had launched a large-scale assault on RSF positions on the outskirts of Kurmuk after hours of heavy fighting. The operation was described as part of a broader effort to restore government control over the town.

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Kurmuk’s proximity to Ethiopia has made the area strategically significant, with the conflict raising fears of cross-border security risks and further displacement in the border region.
The conflict in Sudan, which erupted in April 2023 between the SAF and the RSF, has since evolved into a wider war involving armed groups across several regions, including Blue Nile, where the SPLM-N faction led by Abdel Aziz al-Hilu has aligned with the RSF in recent months.
Sudanese authorities have previously accused Ethiopia of providing logistical support to the RSF-SPLM-N alliance operating in Blue Nile State, allegations that Addis Abeba has denied.
In late April, Addis Standard reported that a drone strike attributed to the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) killed at least eight civilians and injured several others in Kumruk town, Kumruk Woreda of Ethiopia’s Assosa Zone in the Benishangul-Gumuz Regional State, underscoring the growing cross-border security risks posed by Sudan’s more than three-year civil war.
At the time of publication, there had been no independent verification of the Sudanese army’s claim that it had fully regained control of Kurmuk, and neither the RSF nor the SPLM-N faction had publicly commented on the reported development.

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