Author: Mat Nashed
Published on: 21/03/2025 | 00:00:00
AI Summary:
The victory is perhaps the army’s most symbolic since launching a counteroffensive against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) the RSF continues to control pockets in southern Khartoum, but has lost most of the capital since Sudan erupted into a civil war in April 2023. Civilians have generally welcomed the army as liberators despite some reports of army-aligned militias carrying out human rights abuses following RSF withdrawals. The army’s capture of the presidential palace raises fears that Sudan is increasingly approaching a de facto partition, say analysts. The RSF is already backing a parallel government and remains in control of four of the five regions in the sprawling region of Darfur. Hemedti signed a Declaration of Principles with an antiwar coalition known as Taqaddum. Both sides have promised to keep fighting, raising fears clashes could intensify in the west. Fighting may also escalate in Khartoum due to the range of sophisticated weapons pouring into the country.
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