RSF seize Um Dehilib town in Sudan's South Kordofan

Al Bawaba

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June 7, 2025 (KADUGLI) – The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and an allied rebel group have seized the town of Um Dehilib in Sudan's South Kordofan state from the army, as the military continues to lose ground in the region.
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The capture comes amid reports from a local rights group of escalating attacks by the RSF on civilians in the neighbouring state of West Kordofan.
Since February, the rebel Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N), led by Abdelaziz al-Hilu, has been fighting in a coalition with the RSF against the Sudanese Armed Forces.
RSF soldiers announced the capture of Um Dehilib, an area east of the main SPLM-N stronghold of Kauda, in a video posted on Saturday. The army has not issued an immediate comment.
The Sudanese army and its allies have been ceding territory in South and West Kordofan to the RSF coalition since late May.
Separately, the Dar Hamar Emergency Room, a local advocacy group, said on Saturday that RSF troops had attacked the village of Bani Badr in West Kordofan, beating civilians, looting, and seizing fuel for water stations.
The group stated that the village had served as a shelter for nearly 10,000 displaced people and warned of a dire humanitarian situation after the RSF confiscated Starlink internet devices, cutting off communications.
'The population and displaced people in the area… are threatened with the risk of death by thirst,' the group said in a statement, adding that a lack of water and secure routes was also causing livestock to perish.