The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), has reported that it played a key role in facilitating the liberation of 125 Sudanese soldiers who were being held by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

The ICRC said the troops - many of whom were wounded - had been taken by bus from the capital, Khartoum, to the city of Wad Madani to the south.

The war between Sudan's army and the RSF has caused a major humanitarian crisis, displacing nearly three million people.