[11] RSF fighters in pickup trucks mounted with automatic rifles rampaged through Singa, looting houses and shops, and taking over the city's main hospital.
[15] The statement also claimed to have inflicted heavy losses, destroying 7 vehicles, seizing 9 others, killing 170 soldiers, and captured an unknown SAF commander.
The army reportedly captured and destroyed an unknown number of vehicles and also established checkpoints in surrounding villages.
[25][26] On 20 October 2024, The SAF announced the defection of Abu Aqla Kakil, the RSF's commander in Gezira State.
On 7 November 2024, the SAF arrested dozens of suspected RSF collaborators and recruits in villages west of Dinder.
Heavy celebrations flooded the streets of Singa with many refugees who were prior displaced by the RSF are returning to their homes.
Aid groups in Gedaref, which is already hosting more than 600,000 people, started planning for the arrival of those fleeing Sennar.