Troop Tracker

Military units grouped by faction — SAF, RSF, allied militias, third parties, and UN. OSINT estimates with movement history. Camps tracked separately below.

Live map — troop filter Timeline

Is this real-time?

No — unit positions are OSINT estimates updated manually from reporting (ACLED, IISS, UN, Reuters). They shift with front lines but are not live GPS tracking. Battle events can be fresher via ACLED when API keys are configured.

/api/troops — ACLED, IISS, UN OCHA, Reuters — OSINT estimates, not GPS
/api/acled — Battle & violence events near front lines (API key required)
/api/live-map — RSS, Arabic media, Ground News — geolocated when possible
X / Twitter OSINT — Sudanese reporters & analysts — curated geolocated posts
Facebook communities — Dabanga, Sudan Tribune, solidarity groups — location-tagged reports
Satellite imagery — Sentinel Hub / Copernicus — manual scene review

Map overlay: 1 geolocated X/Facebook posts + 0 live battle/atrocity signals for selected date.

Data sources

Curated unit positions

ACLED, IISS, UN OCHA, Reuters — OSINT estimates, not GPS

/api/troops

ACLED conflict events

Battle & violence events near front lines (API key required)

/api/acled

Live news & GDELT

RSS, Arabic media, Ground News — geolocated when possible

/api/live-map

X / Twitter OSINT

Sudanese reporters & analysts — curated geolocated posts

Facebook communities

Dabanga, Sudan Tribune, solidarity groups — location-tagged reports

Satellite imagery

Sentinel Hub / Copernicus — manual scene review

Tracked units

SAF activity clusters

RSF activity clusters

Other / allied clusters

1590k+

Camp population (listed)

Interactive map

Satellite basemap · NATO-style unit symbols · click a unit for past events & positions

As of

Military units by faction

Inferred from geolocated battle events (ACLED, RSS, GDELT, timeline) — clusters update as new events arrive.

Same bloc order as Factions → Org chart. Tap a bloc to filter; open Factions for full command chains. Factions org chart →

RSF

Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (Hemedti)

2 units · 2 events

RSFhq

[X] RSF — El Obeid, North Kordofan

Social OSINT

Kholood Khair · El Obeid, North Kordofan · 2026-07-01

El Obeid, North Kordofan · X · @KholoodKhair

RSFhq

RSF — El Obeid

1 report

From 1 force report through 2026-07-04

El Obeid · Al Jazeera / UN

IDP & refugee camps

Zamzam Camp

~450k people

Famine Phase 5 — siege conditions

UN / local partners

Adré Transit (Chad border)

~280k people

Cross-border refugee reception

UNHCR / WFP

Tunaydbah (Gedaref)

~120k people

Eastern Sudan IDP hub

UNHCR

White Nile IDP corridor

~220k people

Internal displacement from Kordofan

IOM / NGOs

Port Sudan relief hub

~180k people

Sea corridor staging

WFP / HAC

Renk (South Sudan border)

~95k people

South Sudan refugee flows

UNHCR

Kalma Camp (Nyala area)

~160k people

Historic Darfur IDP camp — RSF area

UN / local

Kadugli IDP sites

~85k people

Famine Phase 5 — Kordofan

IOM

Camp events also appear on the war timeline when you enable Refugee Camps layer. Open timeline →

Satellite imagery

Open-source scenes via Sentinel Hub EO Browser (ESA Copernicus). Commercial providers: Maxar, Planet. UNOSAT for damage maps.

Note: SpaceX operates Starlink (internet), not public satellite imagery. Starlink terminals support aid agencies in connectivity blackouts.

Sentinel-22023-04-20

Khartoum — smoke & urban damage

Optical satellite imagery shows smoke plumes and damage across Khartoum within days of the April 2023 war outbreak.

EO Browser UNOSAT damage maps ESA Copernicus — free 10m optical (EU)

Sentinel-22024-08-15

El Fasher siege — Zamzam camp area

Satellite analysis documented expanding IDP settlements near El Fasher and siege conditions. IPC later declared Phase 5 famine.

EO Browser IPC famine classification ESA Copernicus — free 10m optical (EU)

Sentinel-22023-06-20

El Geneina — burn scars & displacement

Post-massacre satellite imagery shows burned neighborhoods and mass displacement toward the Chad border (Adré).

EO Browser ESA Copernicus — free 10m optical (EU)

Sentinel-22023-12-20

Wad Madani — Gezira agricultural belt

RSF capture of Wad Madani visible via road traffic and military staging areas in open-source satellite analysis.

EO Browser ESA Copernicus — free 10m optical (EU)

Sentinel-22024-10-01

Port Sudan — SAF logistics & aid corridor

Port activity and humanitarian staging visible from space as de facto capital shifts to Red Sea coast.

EO Browser ESA Copernicus — free 10m optical (EU)

Sentinel-22023-08-01

Adré border — refugee camp expansion

UNHCR-reported camp sprawl on Chad side of border visible in multi-temporal Sentinel imagery.

EO Browser ESA Copernicus — free 10m optical (EU)

Sentinel-22026-06-01

El Obeid — RSF drone strike zone

Open-source monitors track military buildup and civilian damage around North Kordofan capital.

EO Browser ESA Copernicus — free 10m optical (EU)

Sentinel-22024-03-01

Jebel Amer — artisanal gold mines

Satellite imagery used by Global Witness to track RSF-controlled gold mining financing the war.

EO Browser Global Witness report ESA Copernicus — free 10m optical (EU)

Starlink2024-01-01

Starlink terminals — humanitarian connectivity

SpaceX Starlink deployed by aid agencies for connectivity when terrestrial networks fail. Communications only — not satellite imagery.

EO Browser WFP connectivity reports SpaceX — satellite internet (not imagery)

All tracked camps (reference)

Zamzam Camp — ~450k
Adré Transit (Chad border) — ~280k
Tunaydbah (Gedaref) — ~120k
White Nile IDP corridor — ~220k
Port Sudan relief hub — ~180k
Renk (South Sudan border) — ~95k
Kalma Camp (Nyala area) — ~160k
Kadugli IDP sites — ~85k