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First reported 10 October 2026 · latest 10 October 2026 · 1 reports from 1 outlet
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RSF mediators arrived in Sudan's Nuba Mountains as clashes between SPLM-N forces and Atoro fighters continued. The fighting has killed at least 158 and displaced more than 25,000.
The fighting in Heiban and Kauda and surrounding areas in the Nuba Mountains has killed more than 500 people from the Atoro ethnic group, displaced over 25,000, and burnt dozens of villages, according to local tribal leaders. While Ayin was unable to verify these estimates, the conflict data research organisation ACLED recorded 49 incidents of infighting, resulting in at least 158 deaths between March and August this year. Local sources told Ayin that the warring factions have agreed to a cessation of hostilities to allow the mediation initiative to proceed.
Last Tuesday, a senior military and tribal delegation from Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) arrived in the Nuba Mountains to help mediate deadly internal clashes between the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) and local fighters from the Atoro community. The fighting in Heiban and Kauda and surrounding areas in the Nuba Mountains has killed more than 500 people from the Atoro ethnic group, displaced over 25,000, and burnt dozens of villages, according to local tribal leaders. While Ayin was unable to verify these estimates, the conflict data research organisation ACLED recorded 49 incidents of infighting, resulting in at least 158 deaths between March and August this year.
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Last Tuesday, a senior military and tribal delegation from Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) arrived in the Nuba Mountains to help mediate deadly internal clashes between the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) and local fighters from the Atoro community. The fighting in Heiban and Kauda and surrounding areas in the Nuba Mountains has killed more than 500 people from the Atoro ethnic group, displaced over 25,000, and burnt dozens of villages, according to local tribal leaders. While Ayin was unable to verify these estimates, the conflict data research organisation ACLED recorded 49 incidents of infighting, resulting in at least 158 deaths between March and August this year.
Last Tuesday, a senior military and tribal delegation from Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) arrived in the Nuba Mountains to help mediate deadly internal clashes between the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) and local fighters from the Atoro community. The fighting in Heiban and Kauda and surrounding areas in the Nuba Mountains has killed more than 500 people from the Atoro ethnic group, displaced over 25,000, and burnt dozens of villages, according to local tribal leaders. While Ayin was unable to verify these estimates, the conflict data research organisation ACLED recorded 49 incidents of infighting, resulting in at least 158 deaths between March and August this year.
The fighting in Heiban and Kauda and surrounding areas in the Nuba Mountains has killed more than 500 people from the Atoro ethnic group, displaced over 25,000, and burnt dozens of villages, according to local tribal leaders. While Ayin was unable to verify these estimates, the conflict data research organisation ACLED recorded 49 incidents of infighting, resulting in at least 158 deaths between March and August this year. Local sources told Ayin that the warring factions have agreed to a cessation of hostilities to allow the mediation initiative to proceed.
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