Egypt's Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty on Sunday said Cairo supports the Sudanese state and its national institutions, and is keen on preserving Sudan’s unity and territorial integrity.
“Any solution must ensure that Sudan remains united and stable,” he said.
Separately, the United Nations Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan, Clementine Nkweta-Salami, warned that Sudan is among the top four countries globally with the highest prevalence of acute malnutrition.
“The humanitarian community is delivering food and nutrition aid, but resources are running out. Millions in Sudan face hunger. Urgent funding is needed to support them,” Nkweta-Salami said.
The Rapid Support Forces said on Sunday they seized control of a Sudanese Army military base in the city of al-Maliha, a strategic desert city in North Darfur near the borders of Chad and Libya.
Late on Thursday, the RSF media claimed it seized control of al-Maliha and the Jabal Issa military base.
The RSF media then released a video showing troops at the base, while one of the forces threatened to target areas in the north of the country.
The RSF advances came while the Sudanese Army said on Friday it had taken control of the Republican Palace and key government buildings in central Khartoum.
On Sunday, three civilians including two children were killed in an artillery attack by the RSF on Omdurman, part of the Sudanese capital, a medical source told AFP.
“Two children and a woman were killed and eight others injured in the shelling,” said the medical source at Al-Nao hospital, one of the city’s last functioning health facilities, requesting anonymity for their safety.
Eyewitnesses in the area reported seven rounds of shelling rocking residential neighborhoods controlled by the army, which in recent days regained most of central Khartoum’s government district from the RSF.
On Saturday, the Sudanese army claimed several strategic state institutions that had been overrun by paramilitaries, including the central bank, state intelligence headquarters and the national museum.
“Our forces in central Khartoum are continuing to pressure the Daglo thugs ... [who] are trying to escape from our forces,” army spokesman Nabil Abdallah said.
He said the army had “eliminated hundreds of militia members who tried to escape through pockets in central Khartoum.”
Since April 2023, the RSF has battled Sudan’s regular army in a war that has killed tens of thousands, uprooted over 12 million and created the world’s largest hunger and displacement crises.
The army has secured several victories over the RSF since September.
