The Sudanese army says it has broken a near two-year siege imposed by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on the key southern state capital of el-Obeid. The breakthrough came hours after the RSF signed a political charter in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, to establish a breakaway government in areas under their control.

Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and allies have signed a charter that paved the way for the establishment of a parallel government, as Sudan’s army made advances recently against the rival groups.

Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and its allies signed a charter to establish a unity government in the conflic

Egypt rejects the establishment of any parallel government to the legitimate government in Sudan, the Sudanese Foreign Ministry announced Sunday. On Saturday, Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) along with Sudanese political and armed movements signed "a political charter" in Nairobi,