Civilians have been celebrating the army’s recent territorial gains, from the presidential palace
The Sudanese army has told the BBC it has recaptured the airport in the capital, Khartoum, from the paramilitary RSF, marking its latest territorial gain in the brutal two-year civil war.
Gen Mohamed Abdel Rahman al-Bilawi, commander of the operation in eastern Khartoum, said troops had fully secured it and might be able to clear the rest of the RSF fighters by the end of day.
The army has been moving swiftly since recapturing the presidential palace on Friday and seizing state institutions taken by the RSF.
The RSF had controlled most of Khartoum since the war began in April 2023. Nationwide, hundreds of thousands have been killed, and millions have been forced tEarlier, an army spokesperson told the BBC that troops had seized Manshiya Bridge, the last RSF-held bridge, along with a military camp in Jebel Awliya, the group’s stronghold in southern Khartoum.
He said the army had now recaptured all the bridges across the River Nile that connect the three cities which make up Greater Khartoum.
Residents have been reporting this week that RSF fighters were retreating southwards, apparently towards Jebel Awliya, the only place they could still cross out of the area.
Videos posted on social media appeared to show some people in central Khartoum celebrating the army’s advance after what many have described as a brutal RSF occupation.o flee their homes.