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Sudanese state television said Thursday that the army was close to taking control of the presidential palace in Khartoum from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), marking a major turning point in a two-year conflict that threatens to tear the country apart.
On Wednesday, heavy fighting erupted near the palace, with explosions heard and army airstrikes targeting central Khartoum, witnesses and military sources told Reuters.
After nearly two years of war, the RSF controls much of western Sudan and parts of the capital Khartoum, but has been losing ground in central Sudan to the army.
The two military groups staged a coup in 2021, which blocked the transition to civilian rule, and war broke out in April 2023 after plans for a new transitional government sparked a bitter dispute.
The war has led to what the United Nations calls the world’s largest humanitarian crisis, with RSF and the military accused of serious human rights violations.
By: BBC
