Sudan\u2019s military said on Saturday it seized several key buildings in central Khartoum from paramilitary control after army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan promised \u201cfull liberation\u201d following the recapture of the presidential palace.<\/p>\n
Army spokesman Nabil Abdallah said the military was \u201ccontinuing to pressure\u201d the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) throughout the city centre, giving a list of buildings recaptured, including the central bank, state intelligence headquarters and the Sudan National Museum.<\/p>\n
Sudan\u2019s national institutions in the city centre were all overrun and looted by paramilitaries in the first weeks after fighting erupted in April 2023.<\/p>\n
An RSF source confirmed to AFP that its fighters had \u201cwithdrawn from some locations in central Khartoum\u201d, but added, \u201cthe battle has not been decided yet\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur forces are now waging a fierce battle\u201d near the airport, he said on condition of anonymity. RSF fighters remain stationed inside what remains of the airport, which has been heavily damaged during nearly two years of fighting.<\/p>\n
On Friday, the army and allied armed groups retook the presidential palace from the RSF, which retaliated with a drone strike that killed three journalists and several army personnel.<\/p>\n
The paramilitaries had used the palace to house their elite forces and stockpile ammunition, according to military sources.<\/p>\n
The battle for Khartoum\u2019s government and financial district could consolidate the military\u2019s hold on the capital. It would provide a significant advantage in the country\u2019s devastating two-year war but is unlikely to end it.<\/p>\n
With its advance on Friday, the army has taken the entire south side of the Blue Nile, which separates the capital from Khartoum North. It has also secured the main road route across the White Nile from the city centre to Khartoum\u2019s twin city of Omdurman.<\/p>\n
Since April 2023, the military led by army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has fought the RSF, headed by his former deputy, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo.<\/p>\n
After a year and a half of humiliating defeats, the tide seemed to turn late last year, when an army counteroffensive through central Sudan led to its recapture of much of Khartoum.<\/p>\n
\u2018Advancing towards liberation\u2019
\nArmy chief Burhan said his forces were \u201cadvancing with steady steps towards the full liberation of Sudan\u201d, in a video shared by the army on Saturday. \u201cThe battle is not over, we will continue,\u201d he said to cheers and ululations in Al-Kamlin, a town some 100 kilometres southwest of Khartoum, the day before.<\/p>\n
Army sources said the paramilitaries withdrew into buildings in Al-Mogran, an area just west of the palace housing banks and business headquarters. The paramilitaries posted snipers in the district\u2019s high-rises, which overlook both Omdurman and the ministries of central Khartoum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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