Sudan army says it retook Sinja, a key state capital in Sennar
The army says it has driven the Rapid Support Forces from a strategic city on a key road linking eastern and central Sudan.
Sudan’s army says it has recaptured Sinja, the capital of Sennar state, from the Rapid Support Forces, marking a significant battlefield gain in a war that has already redrawn control across much of the country.
The evidence packet says the army described the city as “liberated” from what it called a terrorist militia, and that it posted video it said was filmed inside the main base in Sinja. The army-backed government’s information minister, Khaled al-Aiser, also said army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan traveled to nearby Sennar city to inspect the operation and celebrate the recapture.
Sinja matters because of where it sits. The supplied source says it is a strategic prize in the 19-month war between the regular army and the paramilitary RSF, lying on a key road linking army-controlled areas in eastern and central Sudan. That geography makes control of the city about more than symbolism; it affects movement, supply and the broader military map.
The packet says the RSF seized Sinja and another nearby city in a lightning offensive in June, prompting nearly 726,000 civilians to flee according to UN figures. It also says people who remained have faced months of arbitrary violence and looting, according to human rights groups. Those details show why the city’s recapture is being presented by the army as both a tactical and political victory.
The source also places the event inside the wider war. It says the RSF controls most of Darfur and large parts of Kordofan, as well as much of Khartoum and the farming state of Al-Jazira. Since April 2023, the conflict has killed tens of thousands and displaced more than 11 million people, creating what the UN calls the world’s largest displacement crisis.
The article supplied in the packet includes civilian testimony, with one Sinja teacher describing the “indescribable joy” of seeing army forces enter the city after months of fear. That account is consistent with the broader picture of a population trapped between warring sides and unable to predict when control might shift again.
The packet does not provide independent battlefield verification, and it does not say whether the RSF still has a presence in the area. It does, however, support the basic report that the army says it has taken Sinja back and is presenting the move as a major turning point in the central Sudan front.
