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Fighting shows no sign of ending and no political settlement on the horizon.

Wad Madani, Sudan (AFP) Dec 18, 2023 - Sudanese paramilitaries on Monday pressed deeper into the former safe haven of Wad Madani, the capital of Al-Jazira state where they also seized the town of Rufaa, witnesses said.

The RSF expanded its violence into Jezira State after attacking the Wad Madan area.

Wad Madani, capital of Gezira state, and home to tens of thousands of Sudanese fleeing earlier fighting has become a new front in the conflict between Sudan’s military and the Rapid Support Forces

Addis Ababa, December 18, 2023 (FBC) – The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, expressed growing concern at the deteriorating security situation in Sudan, in particular the reports of the renewed attacks on the Abu Shok

Ruto addressed the reports, claiming that Kenya was subject to diplomatic tiffs with her neighbours.

Foreign mediation in Sudan is failing because it continues to be misguided and based on flawed assumptions.

Sudanese paramilitaries on Monday pressed deeper into the former safe haven of Wad Madani, the capital of Al-Jazira state where they also seized the town of Rufaa, witnesses said.The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) "took control of Rufaa", 40 kilometres (25 miles) north of Wad Madani, the witnesses told AFP. They said the RSF took over "the army headquarters, the police office, and the hospital after a clash that lasted for one hour" in the town.

Sudanese paramilitaries on Monday pressed deeper into the former safe haven of Wad Madani, the capital of Al-Jazira state where they also seized the town of Rufaa, witnesses said.It came a day after the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces set up a base in Wad Madani, where their offensive has sent thousands fleeing Sudan's second city and former aid hub, many of them already displaced.The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) "took control of Rufaa", 40 kilometres (25 miles) north...

Region had been a place of refuge for those escaping conflict in Khartoum between the army and the Rapid Support Forces