Celebrations in Sudan's Wad Madani as army takes over strategic city


Sudan's army soldiers celebrate after entering Wad Madani, in Sudan, January 12, 2025. REUTERS/El Tayeb Siddig

WAD MADANI, Sudan (Reuters) - Civilians and soldiers celebrated in Wad Madani, the capital of Sudan's El Gezira state, after it was recaptured by the Sudanese army from the paramilitary Rapid Support Services, marking a possible turning point in a devastating near two-year civil war.

"We are so happy, we can't express ourselves," said one woman on Sunday, as soldiers shot into the air and people cheered on the streets. "A whole year we have been squeezed, we haven't been able to breathe."

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