 "Sudan military seizes central bank, other key buildings in Khartoum")
The Sudanese military on Saturday claimed it has seized several key buildings in Khartoum including the central bank, a day after it retook the presidential palace.
“Our forces achieved further success last night, eliminating hundreds of militia members who tried to escape through pockets in central Khartoum,” army spokesman Nabil Abdallah said in a statement to AFP, listing the buildings recaptured.
The army took control of the presidential palace on Friday from the Rapid Support Forces which later retaliated with a drone strike killing three journalists.
Army sources told AFP on Friday that RSF fighters had fled into buildings in Al-Mogran, an area just west of the palace housing banks and business headquarters.
The paramilitary forces had posted snipers in the district’s high-rises, which overlook both Omdurman across the Nile River and the ministries of central Khartoum.
Control over Khartoum’s government and financial district could strengthen the military’s grip on the capital, giving it a crucial edge in the nation’s brutal two-year conflict.
Since April 2023, the military led by army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has fought the RSF, headed by Burhan’s former deputy commander Mohamed Hamdan Daglo.
The war has devastated the nation by killing tens of thousands of people and uprooting more than 12 million residents, creating the world’s largest hunger and displacement crises.
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