Sudan army claims 'regaining full control' of capital Khartoum

The Sudanese army says it has wrested back full control of Khartoum, nearly two years after losing the capital to rival paramilitaries, capping a weeklong blitz that saw it recapture the presidential palace, the airport and other strategic sites.

"Our forces today have... forcibly cleansed the last pockets of the remnants of the Daglo terrorist militia in Khartoum locality," army spokesman Nabil Abdullah said in a statement using the government's term for the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), led by Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, which have been battling the military since April 2023.

Standing inside the newly reclaimed presidential palace, army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan had on Wednesday declared the capital "free" from the RSF.