Sudan’s military says it has captured the central town of Soba, east of Khartoum, as it continues to advance toward the capital. One day earlier, Sunday, the Sudanese military announced it retook control of Al-Qutayna in White Nile state and broke a two-year siege on the key city of Obeid by the Rapid Support Forces. This comes after the RSF on Saturday signed a charter with other political and armed groups to form a parallel, so-called government of peace and unity as the Sudanese civil war and devastating humanitarian conflict grind on nearly two years after fighting broke out in April of 2023.

Elsewhere, an outbreak of cholera killed at least 68 people and sickened another 1,900 in the Sudanese cities of Kosti and Rabak. Officials say the outbreak was triggered by contaminated water after Kosti’s water plant was attacked by RSF fighters.