RSF attack: 15–19 December 2023 (2023-12-15 – 2023-12-19), (4 days) SAF offense: 4 April 2024; 32 days ago (2024-04-04)
Location
Wad Madani, Gezira State
Result
RSF victory[1]
Territorial changes
RSF captures most of Gezira State[2]
Combatants
Sudanese Armed Forces
Rapid Support Forces
Commanders and leaders
Ahmad al-Tayeb [3]
Abu Agla Keikel[4]
Units involved
1st Infantry Division
Unknown
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War in Sudan (2023–present)
Prelude
War in Darfur
Sudanese revolution
2021 Sudanese coup d'état
Battles
Khartoum
Khartoum airport
Laboratory crisis
Yarmouk airstrike
Darfur campaign
Geneina
Nyala
El Fasher
Zalingei
Kutum
Kabkabiya
Merowe
El Obeid
Kadugli
Wad Madani
Babanusa
War crimes
Ardamata
Mayo shelling
Masalit massacres
Misterei
Humanitarian crisis
Refugee crisis
Forced deportation of Eritreans
Evacuation of foreign nationals
France [fr]
India
Germany
Other
Timeline
2023
2024
Treaty of Jeddah (2023)
The Battle of Wad Madani was a battle in the War in Sudan over the control of Wad Madani, the capital of Gezira State in east-central Sudan, between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).[5] The battle ended in an RSF victory on 19 December 2023.
^Salih, Zeinab Mohammed (18 December 2023). "RSF paramilitary seizes control of Wad Madani, Sudan's second city". The Guardian.
^"RSF seize another key town in central Sudan". Africanews. 21 December 2023.
^"Wad Madani's fall to RSF without fight raises questions". Sudan Tribune. 18 December 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
^Nur, Muhammad (19 December 2023). "The Rapid Support Forces take control of Wad Madani, including the army headquarters, after the latter fled to Sennar and Damazin". Sudan War Monitor (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 19 December 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
^"Sudan: fighting spreads to Wad Madani, spared from violence until now". Africanews. 15 December 2023. Archived from the original on 18 December 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
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