Sudan’s army launched a major offensive to recapture the country’s capital from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. The escalation comes despite US-led efforts to broker a ceasefire.

The head of Sudan's army said on Thursday he supports efforts to end the war in his country as long as the “occupation” by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces also ends. Conditions for peace include the RSF laying down its arms,

Sudan's army has launched a major offensive against the powerful paramilitary group it is fighting in the country's civil war, targeting areas in the capital it lost at the start of the conflict. In dawn strikes on Thursday, government forces shelled Rapid Support Forces (RSF) bases in the capital Khartoum, and Bahri to its north.