Sudan’s army posts movies on-line displaying its troopers contained in the headquarters within the metropolis of Omdurman.
Sudan’s military has taken management of the nation’s nationwide radio and tv headquarters from the rival paramilitary Fast Help Forces (RSF), the military mentioned in an announcement.
The army posted movies on-line displaying its troopers contained in the headquarters on Tuesday in Omdurman, a metropolis throughout the Nile from Khartoum that types a part of Sudan’s wider capital, the place the military has claimed latest features after a string of army losses.
There was no instant remark from the RSF.
The battle broke out in mid-April 2023 amid tensions over a plan for transition to civilian rule.
In 2021, the warring factions staged a coup that derailed a earlier transition following the 2019 overthrow of longtime chief Omar al-Bashir.
Al Jazeera’s Hiba Morgan, reporting from Khartoum, mentioned the army’s takeover of the media headquarters follows weeks of features towards the RSF.
“After in a single day battles between the RSF and the Sudanese military, and after features from the military right here within the metropolis of Omdurman, the military was in a position to retake management of the station,” mentioned Morgan.
“It reveals that the military over the previous few weeks has been making regular features from the RSF, regaining territory and recapturing grounds again from the RSF within the metropolis of Omdurman and in another elements of the capital as properly.”
The warfare in Sudan has devastated the capital, sparked waves of ethnically pushed killings within the western area of Darfur and created the world’s largest displacement crisis.
The United Nations has called for a ceasefire over the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, however the military has rejected a pause in hostilities with the RSF until the paramilitary group vacates civilian services within the capital of Khartoum and elsewhere.
“So combating continues right here within the capital Khartoum,” Morgan mentioned. “We have been in a position to see, up to now few hours, a number of plumes of smoke rising in numerous elements of the capital – and we have been in a position to hear artillery shelling.”
