| Battle of Wad Madani | |||||||||
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| Part of Sudanese civil war (2023–present) | |||||||||
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| Combatants | |||||||||
 Sudanese Armed Forces |
 Rapid Support Forces | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Ahmad al-Tayeb  [3] |
Abu Agla Keikel[4] | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
| 1st Infantry Division | Unknown | ||||||||
The Battle of Wad Madani was a battle in the Sudanese civil war over the control of Wad Madani, the capital of Gezira State in east-central Sudan, between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).[5] The battle ended in an RSF victory on 19 December 2023.
- ^ Salih, Zeinab Mohammed (18 December 2023). "RSF paramilitary seizes control of Wad Madani, Sudan's second city". The Guardian.
- ^ "RSF seize another key town in central Sudan". Africanews. 21 December 2023.
- ^ "Wad Madani's fall to RSF without fight raises questions". Sudan Tribune. 18 December 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
- ^ Nur, Muhammad (19 December 2023). "The Rapid Support Forces take control of Wad Madani, including the army headquarters, after the latter fled to Sennar and Damazin". Sudan War Monitor (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 19 December 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
- ^ "Sudan: fighting spreads to Wad Madani, spared from violence until now". Africanews. 15 December 2023. Archived from the original on 18 December 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.