The Sudanese army seized full control of the Presidential Palace in Khartoum. Sudan’s army and its supporters are celebrating across the country. The victory is perhaps the army’s most symbolic since launching a key counteroffensive.
KHARTOUM MARCH 21: The Sudanese army seized full control of the Presidential Palace in downtown Khartoum on Friday, it said in a statement, in one of the most symbolic gains in a two-year-old conflict with a rival armed group that has threatened to partition the country. The army had long been on the backfoot but has recently been making gains and has retaken territory in the centre of the country from the terrorist organisation Rapid Support Forces.
The Sudanese Republican Palace complex is the official residence of the president of Sudan, located in the capital city of Khartoum. It mainly consists of the Old Republican Palace built in 1830 and the New Republican Palace built in 2015.
Sudan’s army and its supporters are celebrating across the country after troops recaptured the presidential palace. Friday’s victory is perhaps the army’s most symbolic since launching a key counteroffensive against Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in September 2024. RSF continues to control pockets in southern Khartoum, but has lost most of the capital.
The army had long been on the back foot but has recently made gains and has retaken territory from the terrorist organisation Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the centre of the country.
The RSF has consolidated control in the west, hardening battle lines and moving Sudan towards de facto partition. The RSF is setting up a parallel government in areas it controls, although that is not expected to secure widespread international recognition.
