Sudan's army retakes key highway linking Khartoum and besieged el-Obeid

The Sudanese military says it has regained full control of a major highway linking Khartoum with el-Obeid, a city that has been under siege by the rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The capture of the Al-Sadirat highway will help the military move troops, weapons, fuel, and supplies, and hinder the RSF's push to seize el-Obeid, the capital of North Kordofan state. Half a million people are trapped in the city and have been coming under intense RSF drone attacks, with the United Nat