Khartoum (TDI): Sudan’s military announced on Tuesday that it took full control of the Greater Khartoum region after a severe battle against remnants of a paramilitary group in the region’s west and south.
The development was the latest victory for the army in its more than two years of war against the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a civil war that has pushed swathes of the country into famine.
Brig. Gen. Nabil Abdullah, a spokesman for the Sudanese army, said the military retook the Greater Khartoum region, which include the capital Khartoum and its sister cities of Omdurman and Khartoum North.
He said that “Khartoum state is completely free of rebels.”
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Earlier, Abdullah said forces battled RSF fighters in the western and southern regions of Omdurman as part of a massive operation to kick the paramilitaries out of their hubs there.
The civil war in Sudan started on April 15, 2023, when simmering tensions between the army and the RSF converted into open warfare in the capital and other parts of the country.
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It resulted in the death of at least 24,000 Sudanese, though the number is likely far higher.
The war has displaced nearly thirteen million people, including four million who fled into neighboring nations. Parts of the country have been pushed into famine.
The conflict has been marked by atrocities including mass rape and ethnically cleansing that amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity, particularly in Darfur, as per the UN and global rights groups.
