Sudan’s army said it retook two areas in Blue Nile state and shot down a drone that entered from Ethiopia’s direction, reporting continued operations against rival forces.
The army named the locations as Bakouri and Akleili. The 4th Infantry Division said its forces remained active against opposing fighters and continued efforts to keep both sites under army control. The division described losses among rival personnel and equipment as heavy but did not provide a count.
Army spokesman Asim Awad said air defenses brought down what he called a “hostile strategic drone” near Bakouri on Thursday morning. The military said it tracked the aircraft as it crossed into Sudan from the direction of Ethiopia. The statement did not identify the operator. Anadolu Agency reported that Awad made the drone announcement separately.
Anadolu reported that Akleili is on the road between Kurmuk and Damazin, the capital of Blue Nile state. The agency said control of the area could influence military movement across the Kurmuk, Geissan and Bakouri fronts.
The agency placed Bakouri in Geissan locality, roughly 70 kilometers southeast of Damazin. It reported that the army’s 13th Infantry Brigade has a base there and is part of the 4th Infantry Division.
The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) announced Aug. 28 that they had taken Bakouri. Anadolu said its reporting did not establish when Akleili came under their control. The agency traced the war’s start to disagreements over integrating the RSF into Sudan’s military.
In a prior EconoTimes report using the spellings Bakori and Ouklili, Kurmuk County Commissioner Abdelati Mohamed El Faki was named as the source for a claim that the army had regained both places.
