The Sudan Liberation Movement leaves neutrality and joins the fight alongside the army. Minni Arko Minawi announced that forces from the movement were heading to the capital, Khartoum, to participate with the army in the fight against the Rapid Support Forces.
Since mid-April 2023, the army, led by the head of the Transitional Sovereignty Council, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, has been waging a war that has left more than 13,000 dead and about 8.5 million displaced and refugees.