The Sudanese army broke a paramilitary siege on one of its key Khartoum-area bases on Friday, paving the way to also freeing the besieged military headquarters, a military source said.

The Sudanese army said Friday it broke a siege of its headquarters in Khartoum by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, which had encircled it since war broke out in April 2023. In a statement, the army said troops in Bahri (Khartoum North) and Omdurman across the Nile River had "merged with our forces stationed at the General Command of the Armed Forces".

The RSF, for its part, claimed on Wednesday that its fighters had confronted an attack by the Sudanese army near the Al-Jeili oil refinery. The facility is Sudan's largest oil refinery and has been controlled by the RSF since the eruption of the current conflict in April 2023.

KHARTOUM. – Sudan’s government and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) traded accusations yesterday over a fire at the Khartoum oil refinery, a key piece of infrastructure that has been under RSF control since fighting erupted in April.

The Sudanese army said Wednesday it had launched a multi-pronged attack reaching areas near the Khartoum oil refinery, 70 kilometres (43 miles) north of the capital. It is the first time the army has reported a presence near the strategic facility since the conflict began in April.

Sudan's army headquarters was besieged by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) at the start of the war in April 2023. On Friday, the army said it broke the siege. The war between the RSF and

The Sudanese army said on Friday it broke a siege of its headquarters in Khartoum by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, which had

The Sudanese army has broken a siege by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of its command centre in central Khartoum, the army said on Friday, in what would be a major victory in the capital after nearly two years of war.