{"updated_at":"2026-10-29T16:49:33Z","assessments":[],"history":[{"id":"khartoum-20261004","place_id":"khartoum","status":"reported","actor":"Sudanese Armed Forces","as_of":"2026-10-04T00:00:00Z","valid_until":"2026-10-18T00:00:00Z","review_note":"Reported SAF control of Khartoum. The older source is dated 25 September; the newer reference is 4 October. City-level synthesis only; no neighbourhood boundaries are inferred.","sources":[{"name":"Sudans Post","url":"https://www.sudanspost.com/territorial-control-map-as-of-september-25-2026/","published_at":"2026-09-26","independence_group":"sudanspost","evidence_note":"Explicitly identifies Khartoum as army-held in its dated overview."},{"name":"Al Jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/4/is-the-sudanese-army-gaining-momentum-against-the-rsf","published_at":"2026-10-04","independence_group":"aljazeera-anadolu","evidence_note":"Reported SAF control in Khartoum."}],"opposing_sources":[],"actor_id":"saf","reviewed_at":"2026-10-08T18:45:02Z","revision":1,"location_precision":"city-level point; no territorial boundary","verification_method":"Public sources compared; no on-the-ground verification.","source_independence_note":"Different publishers. Underlying witness/agency provenance is not fully established; source groups are not independent confirmations.","opposing_review_note":"No contrary source is attached to this assessment; this is not an exhaustive search.","record_count":2,"source_group_count":2,"verification":"published_source_synthesis","expired":true},{"id":"el-fasher-20261006","place_id":"el-fasher","status":"reported","actor":"Rapid Support Forces","as_of":"2026-10-06T00:00:00Z","valid_until":"2026-10-20T00:00:00Z","review_note":"Recent rights-group and local reporting describe RSF authority in El Fasher. This supports a reported city-level assessment, not a verified perimeter or control of every surrounding locality.","sources":[{"name":"Committee for Justice","url":"https://www.cfjustice.org/sudan-committee-for-justice-documents-the-death-of-humanitarian-volunteer-al-tayeb-al-tom-mirsal-inside-shalla-prison-and-calls-for-disclosure-of-the-fate-of-detainees/","published_at":"2026-10-06","independence_group":"cfjustice","evidence_note":"Names established RSF control of the city."},{"name":"Darfur24","url":"https://darfur24.com/en/2026/10/06/rsf-intelligence-arrests-returnees-in-el-fasher/","published_at":"2026-10-06","independence_group":"darfur24","evidence_note":"Describes RSF restrictions on civilian movement in the city."}],"opposing_sources":[],"actor_id":"rsf","reviewed_at":"2026-10-08T18:45:02Z","revision":1,"location_precision":"city-level point; no territorial boundary","verification_method":"Public sources compared; no on-the-ground verification.","source_independence_note":"Different publishers. Underlying witness/agency provenance is not fully established; source groups are not independent confirmations.","opposing_review_note":"No opposing source has passed contextual review for this assessment. Absence here does not prove unanimous reporting.","record_count":2,"source_group_count":2,"verification":"published_source_synthesis","expired":true}],"review_leads":[],"rejected_or_expired_reviews":2,"invalid_reviews":0,"expired_reviews":2,"policy":"Only dated city-level public-source assessments. Minimum 48-hour delay, two distinct publisher/source groups, opposing-evidence review and expiry. Separately published sources can share underlying evidence and are not necessarily independent confirmations. No live troop positions or inferred front lines.","availability":"No current city-control assessments are available."}