Although the state of emergency has been lifted, authorities remain cautious about potential RSF infiltration. According to the Sudan News Agency, security patrols will continue throughout the state, and nighttime travelers must present identification documents.
BBC Monitoring reports that the army persists in conducting security sweeps throughout Greater Khartoum, focusing on suspected RSF sleeper cells, undocumented foreign nationals, and individuals engaged in illicit activities.
Meanwhile, increasing concerns exist that the conflict is drawing neighboring countries into the war.
Chad accuses Sudanese forces of conducting an airstrike on a military convoy in Ennedi‑Est province, approximately 100 km (62 miles) inside Chadian territory on 20 August. Chad has placed its border forces on heightened alert.
Sudan rejects the accusation, expressing surprise that its army is being blamed without an independent investigation.
The foreign ministry stated that it affirms the Sudanese army’s constitutional duty to defend Sudan’s sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity, confront threats facing the nation, and commit to respecting neighboring states’ sovereignty while refraining from targeting their territories.
Sudan accuses Chad of allowing the transit of RSF military supplies, delivered by the United Arab Emirates, through its airports and border crossings.
Both the United Arab Emirates and Chad deny these allegations, despite similar findings by UN experts and investigative reports from international media.
The attack on the Chadian convoy prompted US Senior Adviser for Arab and African Affairs, Massad Boulos, to voice deep concern that Sudan’s war threatens regional peace and stability.
Boulos has urged both parties to promptly agree to a humanitarian truce and has become increasingly frustrated with the Sudanese military, which insists on a peace process only if the RSF disarms and withdraws from occupied territories.
“The United States condemns the SAF’s recent airstrikes inside Chad,” Boulos wrote on X. “There is no military solution to this conflict and absolutely no justification for extending the violence beyond Sudan’s borders.”
“External financial and military support to the warring parties must cease,” he added.
This month, the US envoy presented a draft resolution to the UN Security Council proposing to extend the 2005 Darfur weapons embargo to the whole country and to ban attack drones, which are increasingly employed by both sides.
Sudan’s government and army have rejected the proposal. Local media reports indicate officials argue that the measure unfairly equates the recognized national army with a paramilitary force and hampers its capacity to defend citizens against insurgency.
