The Sudanese army continues its advance to seize areas north of Khartoum amid fierce clashes with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Bahri that continued on Friday. An Anadolu correspondent reported intense fighting on multiple fronts, particularly as the army advanced into the region.

The US this week declared that members of one of the warring parties in Sudan's civil war - and its allied militias - have committed genocide in the African nation - which has seen tens of thousands of people killed in recent months and millions made homeless.

The United States determined on Tuesday that members of Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied militias committed genocide in Sudan and imposed sanctions on the group's leader over a conflict that has killed tens of thousands of people and driven millions from their homes.

US also sanctions RSF leader for role in 'systematic atrocities' committed against Sudanese people, says secretary of state Blinken - Anadolu Ajansı

Antony Blinken, the U.S. Secretary of State, has formally accused the Sudanese Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of genocide, alleging that they have been killing civilians from specific ethnic groups. Sanctions were also imposed on the RSF leader,

The United States on Tuesday night announced sanctions against Sudanese paramilitary leader Mohamed Hamdane Daglo, also known as Hemedti. Washington accuses the head of the Rapid Support Forces, of committing genocide in Sudan.