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RSF Attacks Sudan's El Obeid

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“RSF ATTACKS SUDAN'S EL OBEID”

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Hiba Morgan reports on one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.

As Al Jazeera's Sudan correspondent, Morgan covers a civil war that has displaced over 10 million people since April 2023. Learn more at Wikipedia

This storySudan's RSF, now attacking El Obeid, evolved from which notorious militia?

  1. Janjaweed
  2. Mahdi Army
  3. Lord's Resistance Army
  4. Al-Shabaab
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Janjaweed

El Obeid has been a flashpoint in Sudan's conflicts for 140+ years

In 1883, El Obeid fell to Mahdist forces in a battle that shocked the British Empire. Today, Al Jazeera's Hiba Morgan reports from this North Kordofan capital as Sudan faces renewed conflict.

Hiba Morgan is an Al Jazeera journalist covering Sudan & East Africa.

Morgan reports on conflict, displacement, and humanitarian crises in Sudan and the Horn of Africa — regions among the world's most underreported. Follow Sudan coverage at AP News

El Obeid is one of Sudan's oldest cities — and a key conflict flashpoint.

Capital of North Kordofan, El Obeid sits at a historic crossroads of trade and war. In 1883, it fell to Mahdist forces in a battle that shocked Victorian Britain. Now Sudan's civil war engulfs the region.

Hiba Morgan reports on one of the world's worst crises

As Al Jazeera's Sudan correspondent, Morgan covers a civil war that has displaced over 10 million people since 2023 — the world's largest displacement crisis. Learn more at Wikipedia

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