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Sudanese army says it has control of presidential palace in Khartoum

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Sudanese army members film themselves inside the presidential palace, after, according to the Sudanese army, they took the control of the presidential palace, in Khartoum, Sudan, March 21, 2025, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video. 

Photo credit: Reuters

What you need to know:

  • Palace re-taking is symbolic victory for the army
  • RSF hardening control in the west, setting up a government
  • Conflict causing world's largest humanitarian crisis


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 paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.