RSF-SPLM-N Dawn Assault on Kurmuk's Al-Baraka Repelled as Joint Force Reinforces Ed Damazin

Sudanese army and allied forces repelled a dawn assault by the RSF-SPLM-N alliance — led by Joseph Touka — on the Al-Baraka area of Al-Kurmuk locality, Blue Nile state, on Friday, September 4, 2026, inflicting what Al-Kurmuk town authorities described as heavy losses in personnel and equipment, destroying several combat vehicles and forcing the remaining fighters to withdraw toward the Ethiopian border; the claims could not be independently verified and the RSF made no immediate comment. The clash came as the rebel coalition threatened a renewed advance on Blue Nile's state capital, Ed Damazin, prompting the army to rush reinforcements — including elements of the Darfur Joint Force — into the city from Khartoum, Gezira, and Sennar states, days after the RSF-SPLM-N alliance claimed capture of the army's Bakori and Sirkam bases on August 28 and two days after Sovereignty Council chief Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan inspected the 4th Infantry Division in Damazin.