Sudan's army shells Omdurman in push to oust RSF from capital region


Sudanese citizens celebrate on a street after the Sudanese army deepened its control over the capital Khartoum, from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), in Port Sudan, Sudan, March 27, 2025. REUTERS/Ibrahim Mohammed Ishak

DUBAI (Reuters) - The Sudanese army shelled parts of Khartoum's twin city of Omdurman from early morning on Thursday, residents said, after declaring victory over their Rapid Support Forces rivals in a two-year battle for the capital.

The army ousted the RSF from its last footholds in Khartoum on Wednesday but the paramilitary RSF holds some areas in Omdurman, directly across the Nile River, and has consolidated in west Sudan, splitting the nation into rival zones.

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