War in Sudan

Reports: Sudanese military has retaken airport

The Sudanese army has retaken and secured an airport in Khartoum from paramilitary forces, a military source said according to AFP.

After the military recaptured the presidential palace on Friday, which has been controlled by the paramilitary group RSF for the past two years, the army has taken over state institutions that were captured by the RSF early in the war.

The military is also said to have secured both sides of a key bridge over the White Nile that runs through the capital. People in Khartoum testify that the RSF is withdrawing south from areas previously controlled by the militia.

Army chief declares victory but the war is not over

Sudan's army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan is seen in pictures on Al Jazeera where he is seen walking around the presidential palace that was captured on Friday.

- Sudan is free, says the army chief according to AFP.

The images are a sign of the kind of control the army believes it has over the central parts of the capital Khartoum, writes Reuters.

Witnesses say according to Reuters that the paramilitary group RSF has concentrated its forces in southern Khartoum where they are withdrawing across the Nile.

While the army has advanced in central Sudan, RSF has strengthened its control in western Sudan. The war is far from over and Sudan could move towards what is in practice a division of the country, writes Reuters.