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.

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

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