For the purposes of this report, the region denoted as Central in this section comprises Al Jazirah, Sennar, Blue Nile and White Nile states.

For information on the conflict background in Al Jazirah state, as well as developments there before February 2024, please refer to section 1.2.3 of the previous report (EUAA report Sudan - Country Focus, April 2024). Sennar, White Nile and Blue Nile states were not dealt with in the previous report, therefore some information going back to April 2023 was included for those states.