The Sudanese army says that it broke close to a two-year-old siege imposed by paramilitary forces for the rapid support (RSF) to the key capital of the El-Obeid southern state.
The breakthrough followed a few hours after the RSF signed a political charter in the Kenyan capital in Nairobi to establish a burning government in areas under their control.
The RSF and the army have been in a vicious struggle for power since April 2023, who killed tens of thousands of people and forced millions from their homes.
The fight divided the country, and the army was controlled by the north and east, while the RSF holds most of the Darfur region in the west and parts of the south.
The El-Obeid, the capital of the North Cordofan State, is a strategic center connected by the capital, Khartoum, with Darfur. This is the last military progress in recent weeks after moving several parts of the RSF map.
There was a joy on the streets while the Sudanese soldiers marched into the city.
Military spokesman Nabil Abdallah confirmed the gain in a statement, saying that the armies of forces destroyed the RSF units.
Finance Minister Jibril Ibrahim said the move was a “massive step” in raising the siege of RSF to El-Fasher, the capital of the Province of North Darfur, and would also allow the humanitarian aid to deliver a cordofan.
Sudan Civil Society activist Dallia Abdlemonie told the BBC Newsday program that the renovation of the city was “huge” and “significant”.
She said RSF “held civilians trapped for almost two years” in town.
She said the army “creates serious foundations in terms of movement to the west, where the RSF is mostly focused.”
Both the army and the RSF were accused of committing serious crimes against civilians during the war, and their leaders have sanctioned the US. In addition, the RSF is charged with performing genocide in Darfur.
They both deny allegations.
The Kenyan host of the RSF last week, as he sought to form a parallel government, criticized some human rights groups.
On Sunday, the Sudan Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ali Youssef, said his country “will not accept” no country that acknowledges the “so -called parallel government.”
In response, the Kenyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs said there was no “last motive” in “providing non -partisan platforms to conflict.
