Advances by the Rapid Support Forces into Sudan's southern Blue Nile state are unlikely to be the start of a northward movement by the paramilitary to retake lost territory, analysts have said. “The Rapid Support Forces no longer has ambitions in areas where it cannot find support from the local population,” Mr Saeed told The National. “Its supporters are reluctant to deal with another episode of wholesale abuse.”Opening a new front in the south of the country is expected to tire Sudan's army, stretching its human and material supply lines, he added. “The Rapid Support Forces may never be able to capture and hold on territory in Blue Nile,” said Ibrahim Mahdi, a retired Sudanese army general turned analyst. “But it could also go the other way if the RSF takes full advantage of its alliance with the SPLA-N to expand the scope of its activity in Blue Nile,” he told The National.

Source: Ethiopian News March 30, 2026 13:26 UTC