The Sudanese Rapid Support Forces achieved a new field gain after announcing Saturday that they had taken control of the town of Al-Tineh, bordering Chad. While the Sudanese army did not issue any comment, the governor of the Darfur region allied with it, Minni Minawi, condemned “repeated criminal behavior that embodies the ugliest forms of violations against innocent people.”

Published on: 02/22/2026 - 08:29 Last updated: 02/22/2026 - 10:27

The Sudanese Rapid Support Forces took control of the border town of Al-Tina with Chad, according to a statement on Saturday.

The city was under the control of joint forces allied with the army, which has been waging a war with the Rapid Support Forces since April 2023.

The Rapid Support Forces published a statement on social media announcing control of the “strategic city of Al-Tineh in North Darfur,” in addition to a video clip of some of its fighters celebrating under a banner bearing the city’s name.

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The army did not immediately comment, but the governor of the Darfur region allied with it, Minni Minawi, condemned “repeated criminal behavior that embodies the most heinous forms of violations against innocent people.”

He added that the actions of the Rapid Support "clearly confirm the premeditated intentions... to displace some tribes from the Darfur region and impose a demographic reality by force and arms."

Since its outbreak, the civil war in Sudan has left tens of thousands dead, forced 11 million people to flee, and caused one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world, according to the United Nations.

The United Nations Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Sudan said Thursday that the Rapid Support Forces’ control of the city of El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur State, last October, and the accompanying violations bear “characteristics of genocide.”

Since taking control of El Fasher, the Rapid Support Forces have carried out several operations near the Chadian border.

France 24/AFP

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