The war in Sudan

Sudan's army advances - controls the central bank

In Sudan, the army has now taken control of the country's central bank headquarters, military sources told Reuters. The army has recently gained a lot of ground in the country's capital Khartoum and on Friday took full control of the presidential palace.

The army has been fighting for two years against the RSF militia group in a bloody civil war that threatens to split the country and has forced around twelve million people to flee.

Analysis: Strategically important victory - but no peace in sight

The fact that the Sudanese army has managed to retake the presidential palace in the capital Khartoum from the RSF militia group is symbolically and strategically very important, writes the BBC's Barbara Plett Usher in an analysis.

She writes that the RSF has now largely completely lost control of the capital, which the group has held since the war began two years ago. But she believes that there is no end in sight to the bloody war. Instead, both sides have promised to continue fighting.

Plett Usher warns of a situation where the country is effectively divided so that the army controls most of the country, while RSF rules in Darfur province where the group has a strong position.

Bloomberg's Simon Marks sees a similar scenario ahead. He writes that analysts have painted a Libya-like development where the country is divided into two zones.

He also warns that the prolonged civil war could spread beyond Sudan.

"It could have very serious consequences for regional security and threaten the lives of millions more people," he writes.

Khartoum's last doctor sacrifices everything for her patients: "Finding strength in the oath we swore"

When fighting broke out in the Sudanese capital Khartoum, doctor Safaa Ali was faced with an impossible choice - to flee with her family or stay with her patients. She chose to stay and since then she has not seen her husband or children, she tells AFP.

- I was torn. I could be with my children or do my duty, she says.

Now she is one of the last obstetricians in the city who is able to help women have a safe birth despite the war.

“We find our strength in the love of our country, the passion for our work and the oath we have sworn,” she says.

Across the country, 90 percent of hospitals in conflict zones have been closed. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), at least 119 attacks on healthcare facilities have taken place, and according to Doctors Without Borders, there was not a single working MRI scanner in the entire country for a period.