The once-safe haven of Wad Madani in Sudan witnessed a mass exodus of over 30,000 people as the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) advanced into the city on 18 December. “We seized control of the SAF First Infantry Division in Wad Madani. Our operation included the liberation of the central reserve camp and the strategic Hantoob Bridge from the eastern side,” the RF read in a statement on X. Situated approximately 170 kilometers southeast of the capital Khartoum, Wad Madani, lies within El-Gezira state- an important agricultural site in Sudan’s worsening humanitarian crisis. At least 250,000 to 30,000 people have fled El-Gezira since the eruption of clashes between the SAF and the RSF near Wad Madani, the capital of El-Gezira on 15 December. “We urge the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan to cease their advance in Gezira State immediately and to refrain from attacking Wad Medani,” US Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller said in a statement on 16 December. The recent clash is not an isolated occurrence — the onset of violence in Sudan erupted last April as a result of power struggles between the Sudanese military and the RSF,…
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