STORY: In the streets of Wad Madani civilians and soldiers celebrated what could be a turning point in Sudan's devastating civil war.The strategically important city, capital of El Gezira state, was recaptured from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces by the Sudanese army over the weekend.

Civilians and soldiers celebrated in Wad Madani, the capital of Sudan's El Gezira state, after it was recaptured by the Sudanese army from the paramilitary Rapid Support Services, marking a possible turning point in a devastating near two-year civil war.

Sudan’s army said on Saturday it had entered the central city of Wad Madani and was pushing out its paramilitary rivals the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a step which if completed successfully would be its biggest gain in near two years of war.

Sudanese officials says the military and its allies had taken back the strategic city of Wad Medani more than a year after the Rapid Support Forces seized it.

Cairo: Sudan's military and its allies have taken back a strategic city from the rebel Rapid Support Forces, officials said Saturday, dealing a major blow to the notorious paramilitary group which the

The recapture of the Sudanese city of Wad Medani came over a year after it fell to the RSF. Just days earlier, the Biden administration accused the rebels of genocide.