The Sudan Army restores the presidential palace in Khartoum, and a blow to RSF | Sudan war news

The Sudan Army is restoring the presidential palace in Khartoum, which led to a blow to the rapid support forces in a major symbolic victory.

The Sudan and its supporters are celebrated throughout the country after the forces regained the presidential palace in the capital, Khartoum.

Friday’s victory may be the most symbolic in the army since the launch of a major counter -attack against the semi -military rapid support forces (RSF) in September last year.

RSF continues to control pockets in southern Khartoum, but it has lost most of the capital since Sudan’s outbreak in a civil war in April 2023.

This development comes a few days after the release of RSF leader Mohamed Hamdan “Hemedti” a video that urges his fighters not to give up the palace.

Civilians generally welcomed the army as editors despite some reports on the militia alignment of the army, carrying out human rights violations after RSF withdrawals.

RSF committed countless atrocities in Sudan, including in Khartoum.

A recent report issued by the UNHCR office (OHCHR) was found that RSF fighters have detained at least 10,000 people in Khartoum from the beginning of the war until June last year.

“In the areas, RSF controls, kill people, rapes women and destroys all humanity. Whenever the army arrives, people become happy because they feel safe. Even the children are happy,” said Youssef, a Sudanese youth.

A different scenario outside Khartoum

Analysts say the arrest of the army of the presidential palace raises fears that Sudan is increasingly approaching the actual division.

RSF is already supporting a parallel government and continues to control four of the five areas of the sprawling region of Darfur, which is close to France.

RSF recently acquired the strategic city of the desert in the northern state of Darfur, the last region that the army and armed groups still have some control.

Despite the gain, the RSF is struggling to seize the fascist, the capital of North Darfur where the army still has a garrison.

Sharath Srinvasan, an expert in Sudan and professor at the University of Cambridge, told Al -Jazeera that Sudan appears to be heading to the “Libyan scenario”, indicating the division in governance between two competing authorities in line with a network of armed groups and militias.

He said: “It seems that the geographical branching is getting more powerful, except for the matter of course.

Time of peace?

The army is long He refused to engage in peace talks with RSF She repeatedly said she plans to restore the entire country.

RSF also used diplomacy as a cover for the escalation of military operations in Sudan, and analysts told Al -Jazeera. In January of last year, Hemedti signed a “Declaration of Principles” with an anti -war anti -war alliance known as Taqaddum.

Hemedti then He visited many heads of state throughout Africa While his forces continued at the end, killing and intimidating civilians in the Sudanese Jesira state, a major bread basket.

Both sides recently promised to continue fighting, raising fears that clashes could intensify in the west of the country, especially in the Kordovan and Darfur regions.

Fighting may also escalate in Khartoum due to the advanced group of weapons flowing to the country. She said that a drone hit three journalists in the area.

Continuous fighting can revolve in vast areas of Sudan deeper into the turmoil. The conflict has already sparked the largest humanitarian crisis in the world through most measures.

Tens of thousands of people died, and thousands and millions were lost with catastrophic levels of food insecurity.