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Hind Al Soulia - Riyadh - KHARTOUM — The Sudanese army has said it had broken a siege of a key town in the country's south, where paramilitary forces had choked off access for nearly two years.
In its statement on Monday, the army said its forces succeeded in opening a road leading to South Kordofan province’s Dilling town after inflicting "heavy losses" on the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
The army vowed "to continue cleansing the country of the paramilitary RSF until security and stability are restored across the country."
“Our forces inflicted heavy losses on the enemy, both personal and equipment,” the statement said.
According to witnesses, Sudanese forces managed to enter the besieged city following clashes with the RSF and its ally, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N).
Large crowds of residents came out to welcome army forces as they entered the area, witnesses said.
Sudanese soldiers shared video clips on social media showing celebrations by troops and civilians inside Dilling.
There was no immediate comment from the RSF, which has been at war with the army for control of Sudan for nearly three years.
Dilling lies halfway between Kadugli – the besieged state capital – and el-Obeid, the capital of neighboring North Kordofan province, which the RSF has sought to encircle.
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The humanitarian situation in Dilling will likely improve as the army will now be able to bring in medical supplies, food and other commercial goods that had been prevented from entering during the RSF’s siege.
After being forced out of Khartoum in March, the RSF has focused on Kordofan and the city of el-Fasher, which was the military’s last stronghold in the sprawling Darfur region until the RSF seized it in October.
Reports of mass killings, rape, abductions and looting emerged after el-Fasher’s paramilitary takeover, and the International Criminal Court launched a formal investigation into “war crimes” by both sides.
Dilling has reportedly experienced severe hunger, but the world’s leading authority on food security, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, did not declare famine there in its November report because of a lack of data.
A United Nations-backed assessment last year already confirmed famine in Kadugli, which has been under RSF siege for more than a year and a half.
More than 65,000 people have fled the Kordofan region since October, according to the latest UN figures. — Agencies
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