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The army chief lambasts "negligent" commanders after a rival paramilitary group captured Wad Madani.

Mohamed Ibrahim had barely settled into life in Sudan's second city, months after he fled fighting in the capital Khartoum, only to discover the war had again reached his doorstep.But with the country's already-fragile infrastructure destroyed by eight months of war between Sudan's army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his former deputy, RSF commander Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, many were running with nowhere left to go.

Hundreds of thousands of people have fled Wad Madani, the capital of Al Jazeera state, since fighting broke out last Friday. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is urgently calling on the parties to the conflict to ensure protection of all civilians and provide safe passage for people trying to reach safety.

Rest of World News: Mohamed Ibrahim, who fled fighting in Khartoum, is now on the move again with his family as Wad Madani, the capital of Al-Jazirah state, comes under a

Mohamed Ibrahim had barely settled into life in Sudan's second city, months after he fled fighting in the capital Khartoum, only to discover the war had again reached his doorstep. "Seven months ago, when the battles intensified in Khartoum, I was displaced with my family to Wad Madani" 180 kilometres (110 miles) south, the 53-year-old said. Thousands of families had made the same move, and Wad Madani, the capital of Al-Jazirah state, quickly became a haven and a crucial hub for a...

Violence in Sudan has spread to El Gezira state, southeast of the capital Khartoum, forcing more displacement and suffering as the civil war enters its ninth month. 

Decision taken after clashes and air strikes engulf areas around Wad Madani city

The WFP announced that it has temporarily halted food assistance in some parts of Jazeera, in what it described a ‘major setback’ to humanitarian efforts in the Sudanese province

Sudan: Desperate people search for loved ones as hundreds of thousands flee Wad Madani

The capture by paramilitary forces of Wad Madani, a strategic city in the country’s agricultural region, marks a watershed in the civil war that has upended life in the northeast African nation.