Kordofan is currently the fiercest battlefield in the war raging between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) since April 2023. The South Kordofan city of Dilling was rocked throughout the day Thursday by artillery fire and drone strikes, sources in the city said. "The shelling has been very intense, bombs have been falling since the morning and many homes have been destroyed," another resident of the city told AFP. Another strike, blamed on the army, killed 18 and wounded 25 in the West Kordofan city of Al-Mojlad on Wednesday, a medic at the local hospital told AFP. Drone warfareOn Thursday, the army said it recaptured the city of Bara, which lies on a key highway linking Khartoum with North Kordofan state capital El-Obeid.

Source: Ethiopian News March 06, 2026 14:01 UTC