US EditionSudan’s military says it breaks the paramilitary RSF’s siege of a key town
The Sudanese Armed Forces ended an 18-month siege of Dilling, claiming heavy RSF losses and reopening vital supply routes in South Kordofan amid ongoing conflict.
- This morning, the Rapid Support Forces and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement‑North launched an attack on Malakal and El Silak in southern Blue Nile, but the Sudanese Armed Forces repelled it after reinforcing the area in January.
- After being forced out of Khartoum in 2025, the Rapid Support Forces refocused operations on Kordofan and el‑Fasher, intensifying clashes over major supply lines.
- Analysts published satellite imagery showing an RSF training camp in Ethiopia near the Blue Nile border and tracked equipment moving from Somaliland to Dire Dawa, then Assosa, while some dismissed Ethiopian involvement.
- A January 14, 2026 burial site in El Obeid, North Kordofan State, highlights the war's deadly toll, with more than 40,000 killed and over 14 million displaced, according to U.N. figures and aid groups.
- There was no immediate comment from the RSF, which Reuters published January 27, 2026, has been at war with Sudan's military since January 26, 2026.
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The Sudanese army assured Monday, January 26, 2026 that it had broken the siege of the city of Dilling in southern Sudan, in Kordofan. The latter has been imposed for more than a year and a half by the paramilitaries of the Forces de soutien rapide (FSR), with which the army has been at war since April 2023.
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africadaily.netSudan army says breaks RSF siege on southern city Dilling
The Sudanese army said on Monday it had broken a long-running siege of Dilling, a city in the country's south, where paramilitary forces had choked off access for more than a year and a half. Since April 2023, Sudan has been engulfed in a conflict between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) that has killed tens of thousands of people. The war has also left 11 million people displaced and triggered what the UN describes as th…
Sudan army breaks RSF siege on southern city Dilling
KHARTOUM: The Sudanese army said on Monday it had broken a long-running siege of Dilling, a city in the country’s south, where paramilitary forces had choked off access for more than a year and a half. Since April 2023, Sudan has been engulfed in a conflict between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) that has killed tens of thousands of people. The war has
The Sudanese army succeeded on Monday in breaking the siege of Dilling, the second largest city in South Kordofan state, after a military operation that the army described as "successful," ending a two-year siege imposed by the Rapid Support Forces and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North.
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