The military in Sudan says it has captured a key metropolis within the nation’s east, considered one of its greatest positive aspects but in an nearly two-year-long conflict in opposition to insurgent forces.
Footage on social media confirmed folks celebrating within the streets as military troopers entered the town of Wad Madani.
The chief of paramilitary group the Speedy Help Forces (RSF), Normal Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, also called Hemedti, acknowledged the loss in an audio message.
His admission was indignant and rambling, attributing the defeat to the military’s air superiority and use of Iranian-made drones.
However he vowed to proceed combating till victory, even when it took one other 20 years.
Wad Madani is the capital of the state of Al Jazira, and is 87 miles (140km) south of the nation’s capital, Khartoum.
Violence broke out between the military and RSF in April 2023 following days of pressure as members of the RSF have been redeployed across the nation in a transfer that the military noticed as a menace.
The conflict has claimed tens of hundreds of lives. And in what the United Nations has referred to as one of many world’s “largest displacement crises”, about 9 million folks have been compelled to flee their houses.
The nation can be slipping into a famine, with 24.6 million folks – about half the inhabitants – in pressing want of meals assist, specialists mentioned.
Earlier this month, the US sanctioned the RSF chief Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo after it accused the group of committing genocide.
Officers mentioned he was being punished for his position in “systematic” atrocities in opposition to the Sudanese folks through the 20-month battle.
