section_path: Course of the war/April 2024–present/May 2025 offensives in Kordofan
section_name: May 2025 offensives in Kordofan
paragraph_text: May 2025 offensives in Kordofan
  
  On 1 May 2025, the RSF announced that they had taken control of En Nahud, a strategic city in West Kordofan that was previously used by the SAF to send forces to Darfur. On 5 May, the RSF attacked Port Sudan for the first time using drones.
  
  Despite initial setbacks, Al-Khiwai in West Kordofan was retaken by the SAF on 11 May, and on 13 May, the town of Al-Hamadi in South Kordofan, an administrative hub for the Hawazma tribe, was also retaken by the SAF, alongside some strongholds in southern Omdurman previously held by the RSF, such as the Al-Jami’a neighbourhood and all of the Al-Shaqla neighbourhood.
  
  On 19 May, the SAF took Wadi al-Atrun in Al-Malha, located on a strategic road linking Northern State and North Darfur. As of 20 May, the SAF claimed it had fully expelled the RSF from Khartoum state. On 21 May, the SAF said it had cleared White Nile State of the RSF. On 23 May, the SAF announced the capture of the strategic city of Dibebad in South Kordofan.