Cartoon conquest represents one of the most symbolic gains in the 2 -year conflict with the paramilitary group RSF
The Army of Sudan assumed full control of the presidential palace in the country’s Carture Center, this Friday (21.mar.2025), according to a statement. The achievement represents one of the most symbolic gains in the 2 -year conflict with RSF (fast support forces), which threatens to divide the country.
The Sudanese Armed Forces also said they took control of ministries and other important buildings in the center of cartoon. Military sources said RSF’s fighters retreated to approximately 400 meters away.
The Sudanese army shared soldiers videos in the palace applauding the achievement. In the records, the building appears with its broken glass windows and walls marked with fire holes. Many Sudanese welcomed the news that the military had taken control of the palace.
“The release of the palace is the best news I heard since the beginning of the war, because it means the beginning of the army’s control over the rest of cartoon. […] We want to be safe again and live without fear or hunger ”Said Mohamed Ibrahim, 55, a resident of cartoon.
The RSF did not immediately commented on the resumption of the palace and the advances of the Sudanese forces in the capital. On Thursday (20.mar), the group said it had taken an important army base in Darfur do Norte, a region in the west of the country.
The cartoum group, along with the rest of the city after, in April 2023. The conflict was triggered by an impasse on the incorporation of paramilitaries into the Sudan army.
The Sudanese Armed Forces has been at a long time, but recently has gaining gains and resumed the territory in the center of the country of the paramilitary group.
Meanwhile, RSF has consolidated control in the west, hardening the battle lines and leading the country to a de facto division. The group works to establish a parallel government in the areas it controls, although it is not expected to receive broad international recognition.
The conflict has led to what the UN (United Nations) calls the world’s largest humanitarian crisis, spreading hunger in various places and diseases across the country of 50 million people.
Both sides were accused of war crimes, while the RSF was also accused of genocide. The sides deny the accusations.
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