The development marks one of the most significant gains for the army in its almost two-year long war with rebel forces.
The army in Sudan says it has captured a key city in the country's east, one of its biggest gains yet in an almost two-year-long war against rebel forces.
The leader of paramilitary group the Rapid Support Forces , General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, also known as Hemedti, acknowledged the loss in an audio message.
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