But he vowed to continue the fight to victory, even if it takes another 20 years.
Wad Madani is the capital of Al Jazeera State and is located 87 miles (140 km) south of the country’s capital, Khartoum.
Violence broke out between the army and the RSF in April 2023 after several days of tension when RSF members were deployed across the country in what the army saw as a threat.
The war took tens of thousands of lives. And in what the United Nations has called one of the world’s “greatest displacement crises,” some nine million people have been forced to flee their homes.
The country too falling into starvationand 24.6 million people – approximately half of the population – are in urgent need of food aid, experts note.
Earlier this month, the US imposed sanctions on RSF leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagal accused the group of committing genocide.
Officials said he was being punished for his role in “systematic” atrocities against the Sudanese people during the 20-month conflict.
