Sudan: RSF Says It Captures Key Sudan Town Near Ethiopian Border As Army Withdraws

Addis Abeba — Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied fighters have advanced into Al Kurmuk, a strategically important town in Blue Nile State bordering Ethiopia, according to reports by Al Jazeera and The National.

Military and government sources told Al Jazeera on Thursday that RSF fighters and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) entered the town as Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) troops withdrew and repositioned outside Kurmuk. The RSF separately claimed it had inflicted…