Sudan’s military has said it has retaken the Republican Palace in Khartoum, the last heavily guarded bastion of rival paramilitary forces in the capital, after nearly two years of fighting.
The current conflict in Sudan erupted in April 2023 when a power struggle between the leaders of the military and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) boiled over into open fighting in Khartoum and other cities.
Social media videos showed the military’s soldiers inside on the 21st day of Ramadan, the holy Muslim fasting month.
A Sudanese military officer wearing a captain’s epaulettes made the announcement in the video, and confirmed the troops were inside the compound.
The palace appeared to be partly in ruins, with soldiers’ steps crunching broken tiles underneath their boots.
Soldiers carrying assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenade launchers chanted: “God is the greatest!”
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