Airstrikes and artillery fire rocked the capital of Sudan on September 26, 2024, which has been at war for nearly a year and a half, and where the army is engaged in fierce fighting against rival paramilitary forces.
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As the conflict in Sudan was at the heart of discussions on September 25, 2024 at the UN General Assembly with a new call for an end to the fighting, we learned that intense clashes broke out early this Thursday morning in the capital, Khartoum, between the army and the paramilitaries.
The Sudanese army launched a major offensive around 2am this morning on several Rapid Support Forces (RSF) positions in the capital. Khartoum residents report ” intense artillery fire ” and aerial bombardments concentrated on the city center.
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According to a military source, the army has taken control of two strategic bridges, the White Nile Bridge and the McNimir Bridge, which separate the parts of the capital held by the army from those controlled by the paramilitaries. The army also reportedly advanced in a northern district of the capital, the Bahri district, where RSF positions are located.
It is the army’s first major offensive in nearly four months to try to retake ground in Khartoum, much of which is still under the control of General Hemedti’s paramilitaries.
The offensive comes as army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan is due to speak at the United Nations this afternoon.
In Sudan, a war has been raging since April 15, 2023 between the army, led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the paramilitaries of the FSR of his former deputy, General Mohamed Hamdane Dogolo, known as “Hemedti”. The fighting has left tens of thousands dead, more than 10 million displaced and nearly 26 million people – half the population – facing severe food insecurity, according to the UN.