Sudan armed forces advance in Omdurman for first time since start of war

Omdurman is considered to be the twin city to Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, on the western banks of the Nile. Photograph: Claudiovidri/Shutterstock

The Sudan armed forces (SAF) have advanced in Omdurman for the first time since the beginning of the war with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in April last year.

It is reported that the SAF in the Karari military area, north of Omdurman, have joined their peers in the engineering corps in the south of the city, where they have been besieged by the RSF since April.