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The development was the latest victory for the military in its
more than two years of fighting against the Rapid Support
Forces, a civil war that has pushed parts of the country into
famine.
Brig. Gen. Nabil Abdullah, a spokesman for the Sudanese
military, said forces retook the Greater Khartoum region, which
include the capital city of Khartoum and its sister cities of
Omdurman and Khartoum North, or Bahri.
“Khartoum state is completely free of rebels,” he declared in a
video statement.
Earlier, Abdullah said troops battled RSF fighters in the
western and southern areas of Omdurman as part of a large-scale
operation to kick the paramilitaries out of their pockets there.
There was no immediate comment from the RSF.
Sudan plunged into civil war on April 15, 2023, when simmering
tensions between the military and the RSF exploded into open
warfare in Khartoum and other parts of the country. The war has
killed at least 24,000 people, though the number is likely far
higher.
The war has driven about 13 million people from their homes,
including 4 million who crossed into neighboring countries.
Parts of Sudan have been pushed into famine.
The fighting has been marked by atrocities including mass rape
and ethnically motivated killings that amount to war crimes and
crimes against humanity, especially in Darfur, according to the
U.N. and international rights groups.
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