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      <text>The Sudanese Armed Forces recaptures the town of Barah in North Kordofan, Sudan, following a ground assault backed by airstrikes against the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), reportedly inflicting heavy losses on the RSF and destroying 32 RSF combat vehicles. </text>
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    <text>The Sudanese military recaptures the town of Barah in North Kordofan, Sudan, following a ground assault backed by airstrikes against the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), reportedly inflicting heavy losses on the RSF and destroying 32 RSF combat vehicles. </text>
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    <text>Five aid workers are killed in an attack on a 15-vehicle convoy delivering food to families in the Darfur region, Sudan. The Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces blame each other for the attack. </text>
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    <text>Twenty people are killed when a South Sudan Air Force Boeing 727 carrying drones for the Rapid Support Forces is destroyed in an airstrike by the Sudanese Armed Forces at Nyala Airport in Nyala, Sudan. </text>
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      <text>The leader of the Sudanese Rapid Support Forces, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, announces the formation of a rival government to the country's armed forces. </text>
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    <text>The leader of the Sudanese Rapid Support Forces, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, announces the establishment of the Government of Peace and Unity, a rival government to the country's armed forces. </text>
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    <text>The European Union and its member states pledge {{Euro}}522 million (US$590 million) and the United Kingdom pledges {{GBP}}120 million (US$141 million) in humanitarian aid to Sudan to deliver food and supplies to over 650,000 internally displaced Sudanese people affected by the fighting between the Rapid Support Forces and the Sudanese Armed Forces. The two groups also call for an immediate ceasefire to end the war. </text>
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    <text>The United Nations-operated World Food Programme announces it has been forced to temporarily cease the distribution of humanitarian aid in the Zamzam refugee camp in North Darfur, Sudan, due to an escalation in fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces in the region. Doctors Without Borders also temporarily ceased operations in the camp last week. </text>
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    <text>Sudanese human rights group Emergency Lawyers reports that over 500 Sudanese civilians have been killed in airstrikes conducted by the Sudanese Armed Forces on multiple civilian areas held by the Rapid Support Forces. </text>
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    <text>The Rapid Support Forces captures Dinder, Sudan again, after it was briefly recaptured by the SAF on 4 July. The town was first captured by the RSF on 2 July. </text>
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      <text>The Rapid Support Forces captures Al-Fulah, the capital of West Kordofan, Sudan, after the Sudanese Armed Forces withdrew from the city after several hours of fighting. </text>
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      <text>The Rapid Support Forces captures Al-Fulah, the capital of West Kordofan, after the Sudanese Armed Forces withdraw from the city after several hours of fighting. </text>
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    <text>The Rapid Support Forces captures Al-Fulah, the capital of West Kordofan, Sudan, after the Sudanese Armed Forces withdraw from the city after several hours of fighting. </text>
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      <text>The Sudanese Armed Forces kills Ali Yaqoub Gibril, a commander of the Rapid Support Forces in Darfur, Sudan, amidst fighting in the Battle of El Fasher. </text>
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    <text>The Sudanese Armed Forces kill Ali Yaqoub Gibril, a commander of the Rapid Support Forces in Darfur, Sudan. </text>
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  <text>The civil war in Sudan enters its fourth year between the Sudanese Armed Forces and Rapid Support Forces. </text>
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