February 15, 2025 (SINJAH) – A unit of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) stationed in the Al-Muzmum area near the border with South Sudan surrendered to the Sudanese army in Sinjah, the capital of Sennar state on Friday, military sources told Sudan Tribune. The source said the 100-member unit had crossed into South Sudan before deciding to return to Sudan via the Joda border crossing and hand themselves over to the army in Senga. The presence of RSF troops in the border area with South Sudan has been a source of concern for local authorities, who fear that weapons could be smuggled into South Sudan and destabilize the region, the sources said. Some members of the unit sold their weapons to locals in exchange for money, according to reports. The RSF withdrew from Senga to Al-Muzmum, in the far south of Sinnar state near the South Sudan border, after the army took control of the state’s cities in November. The army’s advance came days after it regained control of the Jebel Moya area west of Senga. A military source said that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) remain in Al-Muzmum with a force of more than 30 military vehicles and that …

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