Sudan army recaptures Khartoum presidential palace
In a statement released on Friday, Sudan’s army said its troops had recaptured the presidential palace in downtown Khartoum after nearly two years of conflict with the rival Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
The palace was the last heavily guarded bastion of the rival group, AP reported.
“Today the flag is raised, the palace is back, and the journey continues until victory is complete,” Sudan’s Information Minister Khaled al-Aiser wrote on the social platform X.
Social media videos showed Sudanese army soldiers inside the palace, giving the date as the 21st day of Ramadan. A Sudanese military officer wearing a captain’s epaulettes announced in the video and confirmed that the troops were inside the compound.
The RSF later issued a statement claiming its forces “are still present in the vicinity of the area, fighting bravely.”
A drone attack on the palace, believed to have been launched by the RSF, reportedly killed troops and journalists with Sudanese state television.
The RSF said they had killed dozens in the attack, adding that the battle for the Republican Palace is not over yet.
Despite the seizure of the palace, the RSF still controls large parts of the country, including much of the western Darfur region, which has been the scene of the deadliest violence since April 2023.
Although the RSF still has positions in Khartoum, its foothold there is more tenuous than at any point since the conflict began, and the trajectory suggests the RSF will be pushed out completely, said Ahmed Soliman, a senior research fellow at Chatham House.
The RSF rapidly seized the presidential palace in Khartoum, along with the rest of the city, after war broke out in April 2023 over the group's integration into the armed forces.
Sudan has been unstable since the removal of President Omar al-Bashir in 2019.
The head of the UN children’s agency has said the conflict has created the world’s largest humanitarian crisis. UNICEF on Friday separately decried the looting of food aid meant for malnourished children at Al Bashir Hospital on the outskirts of Khartoum.
The war has killed more than 28,000 people, forced millions to flee their homes, and left some families eating grass in a desperate attempt to survive as famine sweeps parts of the country. Other estimates suggest a far higher death toll.
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