Sudanese army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan visited its strategic headquarters in central Khartoum on Sunday in his first appearance there since government forces claimed to have broken a months-long siege by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

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The Sudanese army claimed a significant victory by breaking a siege by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) around its command center in Khartoum. The ongoing conflict, which began in April 2023, has resulted in massive casualties and displacement.

Earlier, at least 18 civilians were killed and five others injured in an attack by the paramilitary RSF on a village in North Darfur State in western Sudan, a government official said.

KHARTOUM - Chairman of Sudan's Transitional Sovereign Council, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, on Sunday said that the battle against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) is nearing its end and that the rebellion would be eradicated.

Sudan's army chief visited on Sunday his headquarters in the capital Khartoum, two days after forces recaptured the complex, which paramilitaries had encircled since the war erupted in April 2023.