SAF Reports Repelling Fresh RSF-SPLM-N Attack in Blue Nile; Fighting Continues Near Geissan

The Sudanese Armed Forces issued a statement on March 31 claiming it had repelled a fresh RSF-SPLM-N attack in the Blue Nile region, without providing specific geographic details. The claim, posted through official SAF channels, said forces 'destroyed enemy positions and inflicted significant losses.' The claim could not be independently verified. Separately, fighting continued in the southern Blue Nile zone near Geissan, as RSF-SPLM-N forces maintained pressure on the district approximately one week after the capture of Kurmuk (March 23). The humanitarian situation in Geissan remained critical with ongoing civilian displacement toward Roseires and Ed Damazin. The conflict in Blue Nile — a region that had remained mostly outside the main fronts of the war — had escalated sharply since mid-March 2026, with the RSF-SPLM-N alliance now threatening a third state capital (Ed Damazin) after Khartoum and El Fasher.