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​Sudan's army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan salutes soldiers at the presidential palace in Khartoum, Sudan, on March 26, 2025.
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Khartoum falls to the Sudanese Army, but war rages on

The Sudanese Army says it has captured full control of Khartoum from the Rapid Support Forces, a paramilitary group it has been battling in a brutal civil war for over two years. The army has seized key locations, including the presidential palace and the airport.

​Plumes of smoke rise during clashes between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and the army in Khartoum, Sudan, September 26, 2024.
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Sudanese Army launches offensive to retake capital

Residents of Khartoum awoke Thursday to dawn airstrikes and artillery shelling as the country’s armed forces launched an offensive against the rebel Rapid Support Forces militia.

People hold pots as volunteers distribute food in Omdurman, Sudan, September 3, 2023
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Sudan descends into disaster

A United Nations report delivered to the UN Security Council Friday has found that between 10,000 and 15,000 people were killed last year in the city of El Geneina in the West Darfur region of Sudan.

Saudi navy officials help civilians onboard their ship to be evacuated from Sudan.
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No truce in Sudan

The two warring parties accuse each other of violating a fragile ceasefire.

People gather at the station to flee from Khartoum.
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Fleeing Sudan

As fighting in Sudan between two warring army factions reached its ninth day on Sunday, a wave of countries evacuated their embassies in Khartoum, the Sudanese capital.

Satellite image shows smoke and an overview of Khartoum International Airport in Sudan.
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What We’re Watching: Sudan on the brink, unwanted Ukrainian grain

Army-militia turf war turns bloody in Sudan, Polish/Hungarian friendship with Ukraine has limits