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In Sudan, the army says it has retaken a highway linking Khartoum to El Obeid

In Sudan, the army says it has retaken a highway linking Khartoum to El Obeid
In Sudan, the army says it has retaken a highway linking Khartoum to El Obeid

The Sudanese army announced on July 28, 2026, that it had regained control of the Al-Sadarat highway, a strategic route linking Khartoum to El Obeid, the capital of North Kordofan state. This recapture represents a major logistical and military objective in a conflict that has lasted for more than two years.

The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitaries responded to this announcement by intensifying their drone attacks against regular army positions. The ruins visible in El Obeid bear witness to the scale of the fighting that ravaged this region.

Sudan has been engulfed in civil war since April 2023, pitting the national army against the FSR. The conflict has triggered one of the world's worst humanitarian crises, with millions displaced and massive destruction of infrastructure across the country.

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