Sudan army close to taking control of Presidential Palace from RSF, state TV says


FILE PHOTO: The Sudanese Army General Command building bears traces of artillery shelling in Khartoum, Sudan, January 26, 2025. REUTERS/El Tayeb Siddig/File Photo

(Reuters) -Sudan's army is close to taking control of the Presidential Palace in Khartoum from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, state TV reported on Thursday, in a significant milestone in a two-year-old conflict that threatens to fracture the country.

The RSF quickly took the palace and most of the capital at the outbreak of war in April 2023, but the Sudanese Armed Forces have in recent months staged a comeback and inched towards the palace along the River Nile.

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