The Sudanese army has recaptured the city of Wad Madani from rebels.
Senior military sources confirmed to Sky News they had made the advance.
The general command of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) released a statement early on Saturday afternoon.
It said its troops had entered Wad Madani in the morning and were “working to clean the pockets of the rebels inside the city.”
The SAF added its forces intended to advance further.
The army also posted a video that appeared to show troops inside the city, which is the capital of Sudan’s El Gezira state.
This comes just days after the RSF was accused by the US of committing genocide in the country.
Speaking at the time, US secretary of state Antony Blinken said the RSF and its aligned militias had “systematically murdered men and boys – even infants – on an ethnic basis” and “deliberately targeted women and girls from certain ethnic groups for rape and other forms of brutal sexual violence”.
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