Africa File, April 10, 2025: RSF’s Northern Sudan Campaign

Africa File, April 10, 2025: RSF’s Northern Sudan Campaign

Authors: Kathryn Tyson and Liam Karr

Contributors: John Reece

Data Cutoff: April 10, 2025, at 10 a.m.

Editor's Note: The Critical Threats Project at the American Enterprise Institute publishes these updates with support from the Institute for the Study of War.

The Africa File by the Critical Threats Project at the American Enterprise Institute provides regular analysis and assessments of major developments regarding state and nonstate actors’ activities in Africa that undermine regional stability and threaten US personnel and interests.

Key Takeaways:

• Sudan: The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have highly publicized their campaign against the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) in northern Sudan to boost RSF morale following its defeat in Khartoum, as the actual military campaign has limited strategic value.

Assessments:

Sudan

The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have highly publicized a drone and ground campaign against the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) in northern Sudan. The RSF has increased drone attacks on SAF military and power infrastructure in northern Sudan since November 2024. The RSF conducted 50 drone attacks targeting major infrastructure sites in Northern state and River Nile state in northern Sudan between October 2024 and March 2025, compared to the 10 drone attacks in the same region between April 2024 and September 2024.[1] Roughly half of these ...
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