Umm Rawaba sits on a key highway linking North Kordofan to central Sudan. It is the state's second-largest city and is located about 480 kilometres (298 miles) southwest of the capital Khartoum.
Sudan’s military also claimed they had broken a monthslong siege on the Signal Corps headquarters in northern Khartoum, while the RSF maintained it was “tightening the noose” around that area.