In the reference period covered by the previous EUAA COI Report Sudan – Security Situation (February 2025), the three main armed groups in the state were the SAF, the RSF, and the SPLM-N-Al-Hilu, each trying to expand their areas of control.879 The SPLM-N-Al-Hilu in its areas of control in the Nuba mountains engaged in clashes with both the RSF and the SAF,880 while not officially aligning itself with either of the two conflict parties.881 However, the group temporarily cooperated with the SAF in their pushback against the RSF in Dilling.882
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ACLED, Sudan: Escalating Conflict in Khartoum and Attacks on Civilians in al-Jazirah and South Kordofan, 15 March 2024, url
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RVI, ‘The Fuel Is Us’: Water, Oil And Debt On The Sudan-South Sudan Borderlands, February 2025, url, p. 15
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RVI, ‘The Fuel Is Us’: Water, Oil And Debt On The Sudan-South Sudan Borderlands, February 2025, url, p. 9
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ACLED, February 2024 | Sudan: The SAF Breaks the Siege, 16 February 2024, url; Netherlands (The), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, General Country of Origin Information Report on Sudan, May 2024, url; p. 40