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    "byline": "By Mohamed Hussein and Hanna Duggal",
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    "dir": null,
    "excerpt": "Fighting in Sudan\u2019s Kordofan region has intensified since late 2025, turning it into one of the main battlegrounds in the war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), now in its fourth year.",
    "lang": null,
    "length": 6766,
    "publishedTime": null,
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    "title": "The battle for Kordofan: The corridor linking Sudan\u2019s east and west"
}