Sudanese military forces broke on Tuesday (February 3, 2026) a paramilitary siege on the South Kordofan state capital Kadugli, two military sources instructed AFP.
“Our forces have entered Kadugli and lifted the siege,” one mentioned on situation of anonymity as a result of they weren’t authorised to transient the media.
Kadugli, the place the United Nations confirmed a famine final 12 months, has been besieged for a lot of the practically three-year struggle between the military and the Fast Help Forces, which broke out in April 2023.
The siege has seen town surrounded by RSF fighters and their native allies, a faction of the Sudan Individuals’s Liberation Motion-North led by Abdelaziz El-Hilu.
The allies had additionally besieged the neighbouring city of Dilling, which the UN has mentioned suffered comparable famine circumstances, earlier than military troops broke by in late January.
“After fierce battles on the street between Dilling and Kadugli, our forces defeated the RSF and their supporting Hilu militia, inflicting heavy losses upon them,” one other military supply instructed AFP.
Because it broke out, the struggle has killed tens of 1000’s and left 11 million individuals displaced.
Within the southern Kordofan area, presently the struggle’s fiercest entrance line, a whole bunch of 1000’s are going through hunger on this planet’s largest starvation and displacement disaster.
Revealed – February 03, 2026 03:17 pm IST