Sudan military’s newest main seize, al-Burhan says ‘victory not full’ | Information

Military claims management of Souq Libya, a pivotal business hub in Omdurman, solidifying good points in Khartoum’s twin metropolis.

The Sudanese military has stated it seized management of a key market in Omdurman, Khartoum’s twin metropolis, constructing on a sequence of latest successes in its offensive in opposition to the Speedy Assist Forces (RSF).

However the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan stated Saturday, “The enjoyment of victory won’t be full till the final insurgent is eradicated within the final nook of Sudan’s land.”

The announcement of the most recent achieve on Saturday comes days after SAF additionally took management of most components of the capital in a probably pivotal victory within the devastating two-year warfare that has prompted the world’s largest humanitarian disaster.

The military stated in a press release that its forces have been now answerable for the market in western Omdurman, Souq Libya, having seized weapons and gear left behind by the RSF after they fled. Souq Libya is among the largest and most essential business hubs in Sudan.

The military already managed most of Omdurman, house to 2 massive navy bases. It seems intent on securing management over the whole capital space, which is made up of the three cities of Khartoum, Omdurman and Bahri, divided by branches of the River Nile. The RSF has not commented on the military’s advance in Omdurman, the place the paramilitary forces nonetheless maintain some territory.

Al-Burhan stated the next in a speech to mark Eid al-Fitr: “The enjoyment of victory won’t be full till the final insurgent is eradicated within the final nook of Sudan’s land. We won’t neglect the sacrifices of our martyrs. The warfare has performed the worst to the nation and the folks. We won’t compromise or negotiate. Militias should lay down their weapons, and we thank the teams that fought alongside the armed forces. There is no such thing as a retreat from defeating and crushing the terrorist Al-Dagalo militia.”

كلمة رئيس مجلس السيادة القائد العام للقوات المسحلة الفريق أول الركن عبد الفتاح البرهان بمناسبة عيد الفطر المُبارك#سونا #السودان pic.twitter.com/cgXiUh3R24

— SUDAN Information Company (SUNA) 🇸🇩 (@SUNA_AGENCY) March 29, 2025

Translation: Speech by the Chairman of the Sovereignty Council, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Lieutenant Normal Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, on the event of Eid al-Fitr. 

The military senses that the recapture of Khartoum, which had been underneath RSF management for a lot of the warfare, will mark a shift in battlefield momentum that would unfold to different areas.

Nonetheless, the battle appears removed from over because the warring sides stay answerable for massive swaths of land every whereas remaining engaged in fierce clashes.

Combating is continuous within the large Darfur area to the west of Sudan, the Kordofan area in central and southern components of the nation, and Gezira state, a strategic agricultural hub positioned south of the capital.

Neither facet has managed to strike a knockout blow to the opposite, and there’s no signal of a political settlement or peace course of within the close to future, whereas all sides continues to benefit from the assist of its regional backers.

Within the meantime, the Sudanese military has accused the United Arab Emirates of backing the RSF, a cost discovered credible by UN consultants and US lawmakers. On Friday, the Worldwide Court docket of Justice (ICJ) stated it might hear a case filed by Sudan demanding emergency measures in opposition to the UAE for violating obligations underneath the Genocide Conference by giving direct assist to the RSF and implicating it in genocidal acts allegedly perpetrated by the paramilitary group in opposition to the Masalit folks of Darfur.

The Gulf state has repeatedly denied the accusations, calling the ICJ case “nothing greater than a cynical publicity stunt“.

In January, the US accused the RSF of committing genocide in Darfur.

The warfare in Sudan erupted amid an influence battle between the military and the RSF earlier than a deliberate transition to civilian rule. It uprooted greater than 12 million Sudanese from their houses and left about half of the 50 million inhabitants struggling acute starvation.

General deaths are exhausting to estimate, however a examine revealed final 12 months stated the toll might have reached 61,000 in Khartoum state alone within the first 14 months of the battle.

In one other improvement, Al Jazeera Arabic reviews that the military evacuated lots of of freed civilian and navy prisoners held by the RSF in a number of detention centres in Jebel Awliya, south of Khartoum, to the town of Al-Qatana in White Nile State.

Sudanese military commander Main Normal Mohamed Saleh Abu Halima stated that the RSF detained roughly 4,700 prisoners underneath appalling circumstances, the place they suffered from malnutrition and a scarcity of healthcare, resulting in the deaths of a number of of them in detention.