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UAV event in Blue Nile, Malkan area, Sudan on Sun 25th January 2026

25th January 2026

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On 25 January 2026, clashes between SAF and RSF, backed by SPLM-N-Abdelaziz (coded as SFA), continued in Malkan (Bau, Blue Nile), with drone strikes and artillery shelling being reported. Civilians were displaced, and RSF gained control of the area for less than a day. An unspecified number of SAF were killed. Unspecified number of fatalities coded as 3. More than 100 RSF were killed in clashed in Al Slik (coded separately) and Malkan (uncorroborated) on 25 January. Uncorroborated RSF fatalities coded as 10. Total fatalities coded as 13 (3 SAF + 10 RSF), split across two events and coded as 6

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