Cliff Notes – Consolidated its gains in the capital city Khartoum
- Sudan’s military has recaptured significant government buildings, including the presidential palace and the Central Bank, amidst ongoing conflict with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
- The fighting, which erupted in April 2023 over a power struggle, has resulted in over 28,000 deaths and widespread humanitarian crises, including severe food shortages.
- The military’s advances suggest a potential attempt to gain control of the Khartoum International Airport, which remains under RSF control.
Sudan’s military retakes more key government buildings
Sudan’s military has consolidated its gains in the capital city Khartoum, taking more key government buildings a day after it seized control of the presidential palace.
The ongoing conflict in Sudan erupted in April 2023 when a power struggle between the leaders of the military and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) boiled over into open fighting in Khartoum and other cities.
At the start of the war, the RSF took over multiple government and military buildings in the capital, including the presidential palace, also known as the Republican Palace, and the headquarters of the state television. The force also occupied people’s houses as the conflict erupts in one Africa’s major countries.
Expelled the RSF from the headquarters
Brigadier General Nabil Abdullah, a spokesperson for the Sudanese military, said troops have now expelled the RSF from the headquarters of the Central Bank of Sudan and other government and educational buildings in the area.
The military also retook the headquarters of the National Intelligence Service and Corinthia Hotel in central Khartoum.
Hundreds of RSF fighters were killed as they tried to flee the city, while Lieutenant Colonel Hassan Ibrahim, from the military’s media office, was also killed in the attack, the military said.
The RSF has not yet commented. But this conflict is the worst crisis in Africa.
A drone attack on the palace on Friday – believed to have been launched by the RSF – killed two journalists and a driver with Sudanese state television, according to the ministry of information.