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.

Sudanese officials says the military and its allies had taken back the strategic city of Wad Medani more than a year after the Rapid Support Forces seized it.

ALBAWABA - Entering Wad Madani, the seat of Al-Jazirah State in central Sudan and the nation's second-largest city, on Saturday was a major milestone fo