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Sudanese army captures key town near Ethiopian border from RSF

controls it a greater chance of advancing into the country’s central regions. The state also borders Ethiopia, which the Sudanese government [accuses](/news/2026/5/5/sudan-accuses-ethiopi), alongside the United Arab Emirates, of backing the RSF. Both countries

Three years of messages at once - a chronicle of Sudan's war pours in as trapped reporter's phone turns on

territory held by the army and the paramilitaries. Millions of Sudanese citizens are scattered, some outside the country, forced from their homes in the midst of the world's worst humanitarian crisis. Diplomatic efforts

Satellite imagery reveals how Sudan’s war scorched its ‘breadbasket’

territory in 2025. ## The collapse of Gezira For decades, the Gezira Scheme, an irrigation project launched in Gezira state, was the agricultural backbone of Sudan. Spanning some 924,000 hectares (2.28 million acres) between