In the long and grinding war between Sudan's national army and the Rapid Support Forces, a single stretch of road has become a measure of human survival. After two days of fierce combat, the army reclaimed the 350-kilometer Al Sadarat highway linking Khartoum to the besieged city of el-Obeid — a route that had been lost since the conflict's earliest days in April 2023. The recapture does not end the war, nor does it lift the siege, but it reopens a corridor through which the basic necessities of life might once again move toward half a million people who have been waiting, under drones and dep
Sudan's army reclaims key highway to el-Obeid, blocking RSF advance
Approximately 500,000 civilians trapped in el-Obeid face intense RSF drone attacks, sexual violence used as weapon of war, and severe humanitarian catastrophe with limited water and food access.