This question closed as "b) Between 7 and 46, inclusive, with an end date of 31 August 2017. The Armed Conflict Location and Event Dataset (ACLED) summarizes press reports on conflict and protest events in Africa and parts of Asia. Outcome will be determined by "The Realtime August 2017 All Africa File" found on the Realtime Data Page (ACLED). The count of battle deaths for August 2017 are obtained by summing the 'FATALITIES’ column for events in which the 'COUNTRY’ is: Sudan; 'EVENT_TYPE’ is: Battle-Government regains territory, Battle-No change of territory, or Battle-Non-state actor overtakes territory; and 'EVENT_DATE' is in August 2017. The question will be suspended on 31 August 2017 and resolved using data retrieved mid-September 2017.