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RSF reportedly take Al-Baraka in Sudan’s Blue Nile region

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Press reports say that the Rapid Support Forces have taken the town of Al-Baraka in Sudan’s Blue Nile region. The Sudanese army had issued no statement on the takeover on Wednesday, Bajnews reports.

Press reports say that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Sudanese paramilitary forces, have taken the town of Al-Baraka in the Blue Nile region, according to Bajnews. The Sudanese army had issued no statement about the takeover at the time of reporting, the outlet said.

The advance comes after claims by rebels allied with the RSF that they had taken positions in Blue Nile, reported on 4 October, followed by an RSF attack on the army in the region, reported on 8 October. Bajnews has not confirmed whether the Sudanese armed forces lost control of other positions during these operations.

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