The junta government in Sudan made another huge gain on Wednesday after it recaptured the Khartoum Airport.
The Abdel Fattah al Burhan-led junta also announced it had taken control of the Tiba al-Hassanab camp in Jabal Awliya.
Sudan Armed Forces said the camp was the rebel Rapid Support Force’s main base in central Sudan and its last stronghold in Khartoum.
“By the grace and blessing of God, our forces took over the militia camp in Taiba Al-Hasnab in Jebel Awliya locality, which is the main camp of the Al-Dagalo militia in the center of the country and its last stronghold in Khartoum. What remains of the thugs are just pockets here and there that will be eliminated soon,” SAF spokesman Brig Gen Nabil Abdullah said in a statement.
SAF is fighting the rebel Rapid Support Forces led by Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, which announced a parallel government in Nairobi.
On Friday, Sudanese army also took full control of the presidential palace in Khartoum, marking another huge win against RSF. The rebel group had Khartoum under its control for the most part of the two-year war.
In what marked the series of wins, the Sudan’s army chief in January visited his headquarters in the capital Khartoum, two days after forces recaptured the complex that RSF took control of in April 2023.
“Our forces are in their best condition,” Abdel Fattah al-Burhan told army commanders at the reclaimed headquarters close to the city centre and airport.
The army’s recapture of the General Command of the Armed Forces was its biggest victory in the capital since reclaiming Omdurman, Khartoum’s twin city on the Nile’s west bank in 2024.
In a statement, the army said it had merged troops stationed in Khartoum North (Bahri) and Omdurman with forces at the headquarters, breaking the siege of both the Signal Corps in Khartoum North and the General Command, just south across the Nile River.
After RSF took control of the capital Khartoum, the government moved its operating base to Port Sudan.
The developments are a huge hit on RSF and allied political and civil groups, which had announced in Nairobi its move to establish a parallel government in areas it controls.
