The Sudanese Armed Forces recaptured Bara in North Kordofan from the UAE-backed RSF militia, signaling a potential shift in the Sudanese Civil War (2023–present) as the army weakens RSF supply lines and pressure mounts on the UAE.

On February 24, 2026, the UN Security Council delivered a fresh political and legal blow to Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militias, placing several of its top commanders under sanctions.

The remote Benishangul-Gumuz region in western Ethiopia has quietly become a strategic UAE-backed base training thousands of fighters for Sudan’s RSF militias, with logistics, equipment, and instructors flowing directly from Abu Dhabi.

Al-Estiklal tracks the cyber war between Egypt and the UAE, revealing the Emirati funding of online committees and how Cairo-Abu Dhabi tensions exposed efforts to sabotage Egypt’s revolution.

Sudanese refugees in Egypt face rising detention, deportation, and human rights abuses, challenging their safety and asylum.