Sudan’s army recaptures presidential palace in major battlefield gain

21/03/2025 13:45 The Guardian

Compound was last bastion in the capital, Khartoum, held by rival paramilitary Rapid Support ForcesThe Sudanese army has recaptured the presidential palace in the capital, Khartoum, in a highly symbolic battlefield victory over the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in the country’s catastrophic civil war.Videos posted on social media showed soldiers carrying assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenade launchers inside the partly ruined building. An officer wearing a captain’s epaulettes announced the takeover of the palace in a video and confirmed that troops were inside the compound. Continue reading...

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