By NPR\Emmanuel Akinwotu\Kate Bartlett
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Sudan’s army recaptured the presidential palace on Friday, marking a significant turning point in a brutal two-year civil war, which has killed as many as 150,000 people and displaced 12 million.
Footage released by the Sudanese army showed triumphant soldiers brandishing their rifles in the air and cheering in the battered grounds of the palace after days of intense fighting with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, who had occupied Sudan’s seat of power since the war erupted in April 2023.
Through a megaphone in the complex, soldiers announced “The republican palace has now returned to the arms of the homeland” in footage posted on local Sudanese media.
“Today the flag is raised, the palace is back and the journey continues until victory is complete,” Khalid al-Aleisir, Sudan’s information minister, wrote on X.
The recapture of the palace from the RSF marked a major turning point in the conflict, and comes amid steps by the RSF to establish a parallel government, an idea that countries including the US and Egypt have denounced. READ MORE…
