At least 17 die in fighting on Sudan-Chad border
Seventeen people have been killed and many more seriously injured in the latest violent clashes between warring parties on Sudan’s border with Chad, a medical group said.
In a post on channel X late Tuesday by Médecins Sans Frontières, or MSF, Médecins Sans Frontières, or MSF, said health officials had admitted 123 injured people to a newly built hospital, 66 of whom were in serious condition.
Paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) expanded their offensive against military sites in Tina, but the troops pushed them back and forced them to retreat, the army said in its update.
The attacks were part of intensified clashes near the border between the army and the RSF, which have been at war since April 2023. More than 40,000 people have died in the conflict, according to UN figures, but aid groups say the real number could be much higher.
Tina is one of the last areas still held by the Sudanese army in the sprawling Darfur region, which has been under RSF control since October 2025. The nearby Tine crossing was used as the sole route for cross-border humanitarian aid and deliveries from Chad when the Adre border crossing was closed.
Chad announced last month that it had closed its border with Sudan “until further notice” in order to limit the spread of conflict to its territory.
Those injured in Monday’s attacks were treated by MSF teams and Chadian health services at a new hospital in Tine, Chad.
An MSF worker at the hospital said doctors treated patients without water or electricity and relied on generators and solar panels. It is said that drug stocks are also decreasing due to the influx of new patients.
Chad closed its border shortly after Sudan descended into chaos in April 2023, when a power struggle between the army and the RSF erupted into open clashes in the capital Khartoum and elsewhere in the country.
The Sudan Doctors Network, a local group monitoring violence across the country, said on Wednesday that the RSF killed 12 people, including six women, in the town of Bara in North Kordofan, which has recently been the scene of violent clashes between the army and the RSF.
The health group condemned the targeting of unarmed civilians and warned of “the serious humanitarian consequences of such attacks, forcing more citizens to flee their homes and exacerbating an already dire humanitarian situation.”
The Darfur and Kordofan regions have become the epicenter of the Sudanese war, and deadly drone attacks have been frequently reported in Kordofan. Analysts and humanitarian workers have previously said an increase in drone strikes in Sudan’s Kordofan region is harming civilians and hampering aid operations.
