Sudan Army Claims Major Advances In Greater Khartoum

Port Sudan, Sudan: Sudan's military said on Saturday that it had regained control of nearly all of Khartoum North, as it intensified its offensive aimed at reclaiming full control of the capital from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

The army, at war with the RSF since April 2023, has in recent weeks won back large swathes of the capital and its surrounding areas from the paramilitaries.

On Saturday, the military said it had recaptured Kafouri, a key district in Khartoum North, after pushing the paramilitaries to the outskirts of the city also known as Bahri.

The district, one of greater Khartoum's wealthiest, had been a key base for the paramilitary group, housing properties linked to senior RSF leaders, including Abdel Rahim Daglo, the brother and deputy of RSF commander Mohamed Hamdan Daglo.

In a statement, military spokesman Nabil Abdullah said army forces and their allies on Friday pushed out "remnants of the Daglo terrorist militias," from Kafouri and other areas 15 kilometres to the east in Sharq El Nil.

On Thursday, a military source told AFP the army was advancing towards the centre of Khartoum, while eyewitnesses reported clashes there and explosions in the south of the capital.

The developments mark one of the army's most significant advances since the war broke out between army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his former ally Daglo's RSF, which quickly seized much of Khartoum and other strategic areas.

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