The Sudanese army's gains may enable it to choke off the RSF's supply lines and eventually enter Darfur, analysts say.
The Sudanese army’s gains may enable it to choke off the RSF’s supply lines and eventually enter Darfur, analysts say.
By Eisa Dafallah
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Recent battlefield gains by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) may turn the tide in Kordofan, analysts have told Al Jazeera.
Mission against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces would surpass army's recapture of Khartoum State last year.
RSF already has control of western Sudan in war with Sudan's army, leaving country facing potential split.
Reports of the desperate humanitarian situation and atrocities continue to mount as paramilitary RSF pushes eastwards.
Army refutes fall of the city, a gateway to western Sudan's Darfur region, over which the RSF recently seized control.
The escalation in fighting comes amid deepening concerns about the vast humanitarian toll of the conflict.
Sudan's army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces eye more territory as international stakeholders push for truce.
