Sudan’s army is close to reclaiming the Presidential Palace in Khartoum from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), signaling a major shift in the nearly two-year-long conflict.
In April 2023 the RSF began their control of the palace while capturing significant areas in the capital during factional confrontations.
The Sudanese Armed Forces have recently launched offensive operations which resulted in their acquisition of vital locations while proceeding toward central government positions.
Although the RSF controls multiple strategic locations throughout Khartoum along with Omdurman and western Sudan it does not possess complete dominance over those areas.
The RSF has directed its military operations with increased intensity against al-Fashir where the army maintains its final presence in Darfur.
Experts in military analysis believe that Sudan will experience growing division once the army takes Khartoum because the central areas would fall under military rule but the RSF would continue to control other parts of the country.
The military power dispute started between army leaders and RSF commanders when Sudan moved toward civilian government control.
Since the outbreak of conflict millions of people lost their homes and many populated areas now face imminent famine conditions.
Humanitarian experts at the United Nations declared the conflict to be among the worst global humanitarian disasters since both military factions have committed war crimes including deliberate ethnic attacks and civilian targeting.
Multiple reports show that RSF combatants have positioned sharpshooters atop multiple high-rise buildings to prevent the Sudanese army from advancing on the palace.
Repeated bomb blasts and air bombings within the city have been documented which has heightened concerns about additional destruction.
Sudanese civilians have been trapped by the ongoing conflict while nobody sees a possible way to end this situation.
World organizations maintain their demand for swift peace talks to prevent more people losing their lives in the ongoing conflict.
