Sudan's Rapid Support Forces launched coordinated attacks Monday in the Kordofan region in an apparent attempt to isolate a strategic city, while also striking towns along the border with Chad, according to RSF and army sources.
Paramilitary fighters simultaneously hit the North Kordofan city of Bara, according to a paramilitary source, as well as the South Kordofan city of Dilling, according to another from the army, striking two stepping stones on the way to the major hub of el-Obeid.
Both sources requested anonymity because they were not authorised to speak to the media.
Kordofan is currently the fiercest battlefield in the three-year war between the army and the RSF that has killed tens of thousands and created the world's largest hunger and displacement crises.
Near-daily drone strikes kill dozens at a time across the region, where hundreds of thousands are threatened by mass starvation.
