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They’ve been taking ground from the Rapid Support Forces in the northern part of the capital, in the eastern part of the capital, but there are still areas where the RSF are present and these are specifically around the western part of the country,
Morgan said
Effectively, where this leaves Sudan right now is divided into two, with the army controlling the eastern, northern and parts of the southeast, and the RSF controlling the western and southwestern parts of the country,
she addedOur forces in central Khartoum are continuing to pressure the Daglo thugs ... (who) are trying to escape from our forces,
army spokesman Nabil Abdallah said
The battle is not over, we will continue,
he said to cheers and ululations in Al-Kamlin, a town some 100 kilometres (60 miles) southwest of Khartoum, the day beforeOur forces in central Khartoum continue to pressure the militia and have taken control of the Corinthia Hotel and the Strategic Facilities Administration,
SAF spokesman Nabil Abdalla said in a statement
The headquarters of the National Intelligence Service have also been cleared, while militia members are desperately trying to flee from our forces everywhere at this moment,
he saidWe are moving forward along all fighting axes until victory is complete by cleansing every inch of our country from the filth of this militia and its collaborators,
the army statement said
The liberation of the palace is the best news I've heard since the start of the war, because it means the start of the army controlling the rest of Khartoum,
said 55-year-old Khartoum resident Mohamed Ibrahim.jpg)
We continue to fight, and our perseverance and spirit come from the Sudanese people and their support for the armed forces,
army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan said in a speech broadcast by Sudan's state news agencyWe want to be safe again and live without fear or hunger,
he saidWith the army entering the Republican Palace, which means control of central Khartoum, the militia has lost its elite forces,
a military expert said, requesting anonymity for his safety
So long as they carry arms, occupying people's homes ... striking fear into people every day, we have no words or peace for them,
he said at a funeral in the eastern town of Gedaref for two military personnel killed in Friday's drone strikeOur valiant forces are still present in the vicinity of the area,
read an RSF statement issued on the messaging service Telegram
Commercial supplies and humanitarian aid have been blocked for more than three months due to ongoing conflict along key routes,
UNICEF warned
Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar - Friday, the 21st day of Ramadan and the 21st of March - we entered the Republican Palace
In a clip filmed inside the building, an SAF captain is heard saying
In areas the RSF controls, they kill people, rape women and destroy all humanity. Whenever the army arrives, people become happy because they feel safer. Even the children are joyous,
said Yousef, a young Sudanese manIt feels the geographic bifurcation is getting stronger, except el-Fasher of course. RSF has to secure el-Fasher to claim a de facto state, which is not certain at all,
he saidRetaking the presidential palace paves the way for the return of government ministries, while defeating the RSF's elite forces in central Khartoum is a blow to the group's overall position,
said a retired Sudanese general,
Our forces completely destroyed the enemy's fighters and equipment, and seized large quantities of equipment and weapons,
army spokesman Nabil Abdallah said in a statement broadcast on state television
Dozens of civilians, including local humanitarian volunteers, have been killed by artillery shelling and aerial bombardment by the Sudanese Armed Forces and Rapid Support Forces in eastern Khartoum and north Omdurman since 12 March,
a spokesperson for the United Nations Human Rights Office, Seif Magango, said Thursday as fighting intensified in the capital