A senior military official in Sudan visited the Republican Palace on Tuesday, meeting with troops after the army reclaimed control of the historic government seat from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
Assistant Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Gen. Yasser Al-Atta, inspected military units at the palace, delivering an update on the ongoing conflict.
The recapture of the Republican Palace on Friday marked a major symbolic victory for the Sudanese army in its nearly two-year war against the RSF.
In the days following, the military strengthened its hold on the capital, reclaiming several key government buildings.
Brig. Gen. Nabil Abdullah, a spokesperson for the Sudanese military, confirmed that troops expelled RSF fighters from the National Intelligence Service headquarters and the Corinthia Hotel in central Khartoum.
“The army also retook the headquarters of the Central Bank of Sudan and several other government and educational buildings in the area,” Abdullah stated.
Sudan has faced prolonged instability since a popular uprising led to the ousting of longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir in 2019.
A brief transition toward democracy was derailed in 2021 when Sudanese army chief Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan and RSF leader Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo staged a coup.
By 2023, the RSF and the Sudanese military had turned against each other in full-scale conflict.
Since the start of 2024, Burhan’s forces—including the national army and allied militias—have steadily gained ground against the RSF, securing a key oil refinery north of Khartoum and advancing on RSF strongholds within the capital.
The intensified fighting has led to an increase in civilian casualties.
