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Sudanese paramilitary group says it has seized country’s second-largest city

Sudanese paramilitary group says it has seized country’s second-largest city

Claim by Rapid Support Forces to have taken the trade hub of Nyala could mark a turning point in the war

The paramilitaries fighting Sudan’s army say they have seized control of Nyala, the country’s second-largest city outside the Khartoum area, in a potential turning point in the six-month war.

The Rapid Support Forces said in a statement they had taken over the army’s main headquarters in the city, which is the capital of South Darfur state, and seized all of its equipment. The RSF published video, which Reuters could not verify, of their soldiers celebrating with gunfire, claiming to have overrun the base.

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