Improvement marks one in every of military’s most vital advances since conflict broke out between military chief al-Burhan and RSF.
Sudan’s army says it has regained management of almost all of Khartoum North because it intensified its offensive aimed toward reclaiming full management of the capital from the paramilitary Fast Assist Forces (RSF).
The military, at conflict with the RSF since April 2023, has in current weeks received again massive swaths of the capital and its surrounding areas from the paramilitaries.
On Saturday, the army mentioned it had recaptured Kafouri, a key district in Khartoum North, after pushing the RSF to the outskirts of the town which is also referred to as Bahri.
The district, one in every of larger Khartoum’s wealthiest, had been a key base for the paramilitary group, housing properties linked to senior RSF leaders, together with Abdel Rahim Daglo, the brother and deputy of RSF commander Mohamed Hamdan Daglo.
On Friday, the Sudanese military introduced it regained management of Abu Quta in northwestern Gezira State from RSF.
In a press release, army spokesperson Nabil Abdullah mentioned military forces and their allies on Friday pushed out “remnants of the Daglo terrorist militias” from Kafouri and different areas 15km (9 miles) to the east in Sharq El Nil.
On Thursday, a army supply instructed the AFP information company that the military was advancing in the direction of the centre of Khartoum, whereas witnesses reported clashes there and explosions within the south of the capital.
With the brand new advances, the military has secured all cities and cities in Gezira State, aside from Giad within the north and surrounding villages situated 50km (31 miles) north of Khartoum.
The developments mark one of many military’s most vital advances for the reason that conflict broke out between military chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his former ally Daglo’s RSF, which shortly seized a lot of Khartoum and different strategic areas.
Fears of reprisals
Nevertheless, as preventing rages on within the capital, Amnesty Worldwide raised considerations on Friday about potential reprisals in areas lately recaptured by the military.
The rights group cited studies of the circulation of lists focusing on activists, human rights defenders, and medical and humanitarian employees, accused of being “companions of the RSF”.
In South Belt, a neighbourhood in Khartoum, the RSF on Saturday detained two members of an area volunteering rescue group at gunpoint from Bashair Hospital – the final partially functioning facility within the space, the group mentioned in a press release.
On Thursday, the RSF had additionally reportedly detained the supervisor of Bashair Hospital, in addition to the top of a soup kitchen and a volunteer, in line with native rescuers.
Final week, the UN human rights workplace documented at the least 18 civilian deaths in Khartoum North for the reason that military started its advance there in late January.
Following the military’s takeover of Gezira state capital Wad Madani final month, mass executions towards civilians have been reported.
Human rights teams have accused the military and allied militias of extrajudicial killings, kidnappings, and bodily and psychological torture, notably focusing on communities suspected of RSF ties.
The military and RSF have been preventing a conflict since mid-April 2023 that has killed greater than 20,000 individuals and displaced 14 million, in line with the UN and native authorities.
