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Sudan’s war isn’t nearly over – armed civilian groups are rising

Sudan’s war, now entering its third year, has taken another unexpected turn. In March 2025, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), also known as the Janjaweed, withdrew from Khartoum, abandoning the presidential palace and airport.

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Sudan civil war: despite appearances this is not a failed state – yet

Over the past fortnight, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) have regained control of almost all of the country’s capital, Khartoum. Much of the city had been in the hands of the rival Rapid Support Forces (RSF) since April 2023. Now the SAF are reportedly driving out the last outposts of…

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‘No one recognised him, even as he said his name’: last video of rescued man shows horror of Sudan torture camps

Death of well-known Khartoum businessman Alwaleed Abdeen days after his release from an RSF camp prompts wave of mourning

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UN and rights organizations in Sudan warn against rise of extrajudicial killings in Khartoum

The United Nations has condemned reports by local rights groups of extrajudicial killings taking place in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, which the Sudanese military recaptured last month

The Independent UK

Sudan's RSF, pushed out of Khartoum, says war is not over

The leader of Sudan's Rapid Support Forces said Sunday that its war with the army was not over, even after the paramilitary group was driven out of the capital last week. Both sides refuse negotiations.

Radio France Internationale

The siege of Khartoum has lifted. Left behind are scenes of unimaginable horror

Sudan’s capital has been hollowed out and stripped for parts, its people trampled beneath a conflict that is far from over, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

The Guardian - UK

RSF Paramilitary Chief Admits Forces Withdrew From Sudan Capital

The head of the Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces admitted in a speech to fighters on Sunday that the group had withdrawn from the capital Khartoum which rival army forces have retaken.

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Sudan army’s latest major capture, al-Burhan says ‘victory not complete’

Army claims control of Souq Libya, a pivotal commercial hub in Omdurman, solidifying gains in Khartoum’s twin city.

Al Jazeera

Is Sudan’s war merging with South Sudanese conflicts?

Sudan’s war is spilling into South Sudan as its army and RSF seek new proxies and partners.

Al Jazeera

Sudan’s army takes full control of Khartoum, RSF remains defiant

The military declares victory in Khartoum after months of intense battles against Rapid Support Forces.

Al Jazeera

Sudan Paramilitaries Vow 'No Surrender' After Khartoum Reverses

Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces vowed on Thursday there would be "no retreat and no surrender" and said they had "repositioned" forces, after rival army troops recaptured nearly all of central Khartoum.

International Business Times

The battle for Khartoum: tracking Sudan’s war over two years

Sudan has been engulfed in brutal conflict since 15 April 2023, when tensions between the country’s two most powerful military factions erupted into civil war.

The Conversation

What’s happened in Sudan’s civil war after new Khartoum battles?

The Sudanese army hopes big wins in the capital can signal a turning point in the conflict with the paramilitary RSF.

Al Jazeera

'We're Going Home': Joy In Port Sudan After Army Victories In Khartoum

Displaced Sudanese danced through the night in Port Sudan, celebrating a string of army advances in Khartoum and hoping they will soon return home.

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The Independent UK

Sudan’s army chief returns to Khartoum for first time in 2 years of war after airport recaptured

Sudan’s military says it has recaptured the international airport in the capital, Khartoum, after nearly two years of fighting against a rival paramilitary group

Radio France Internationale

Sudanese army retakes Khartoum airport from rebels

The Sudanese army recaptured Khartoum airport and surrounding areas, military sources said on Wednesday, marking another gain in its two-year-old war with a rival armed group, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

International Business Times

Sudan Army Retakes Khartoum Airport From Paramilitaries

The Sudanese army said it recaptured Khartoum airport from the Rapid Support Forces and surrounded the paramilitaries south of the capital on Wednesday, marking its latest battlefield gains.

Al Jazeera

‘Khartoum is free’ says Sudan Army chief al-Burhan after airport captured

Development follows the recapture of presidential palace last week, in key victory for armed forces.

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Al Jazeera

Dozens killed in strike on market in Sudan’s North Darfur

Local rights groups accuse military of carrying out attack as army spokesperson says civilians not targeted.

The Conversation

Sudan’s civil war: What military advances mean, and where the country could be heading next

A series of advances by the Sudanese military has led some observers to posit that the African nation’s yearslong civil war could be at a crucial turning point.

International Business Times

Monitor Accuses Sudan Army Of Major Strike On Darfur Market

A Sudanese monitor accused the army Tuesday of conducting an air strike on a rebel-held town's market, in what would be one of the deadliest single attacks in the country's nearly two-year war.

International Business Times

Sudan War At 'Turning Point' But No End In Sight: Analysts

Sudan's army has recaptured the presidential palace from rival paramilitaries and is pushing ahead to wrest full control of the capital, but analysts warn that the brutal two-year war is far from over.

International Business Times

On Khartoum Front Line, Sudan Women Medics Risk All For Patients

When fighting first gripped the Sudanese capital in April 2023, quickly overwhelming Khartoum's hospitals, Dr. Safaa Ali faced an impossible choice: her family or her patients.

Al Jazeera

Sudan’s army seizes control of central bank amid steady gains in Khartoum

The capture of the bank comes a day after Sudanese army forces celebrated the seizure of the presidential palace.

International Business Times

Sudan Army Advances In Central Khartoum After Retaking Palace

Sudan's military said Saturday it seized several key buildings in central Khartoum from paramilitary control after army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan promised "full liberation" following the recapture of the presidential palace.

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