Sudan’s army retakes presidential palace

Sudan’s army recaptures the presidential palace in Khartoum and appears poised to regain control of the capital two years after it was kicked out by the rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces

Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia, led by Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemedti (right), took palace and most of capital at outbreak of war in Apr 2023, but Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), led by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan (left), have staged a comeback in recent months

Areas of control (Mar, 2025)

SAF
Pro-SAF rebels
RSF
Pro-RSF rebels
Other groups

River Nile
Red Sea
Port Sudan
Nyala
Al Fashir
El Obeid
Babanusa
ETHIOPIA
EGYPT
SOUTH SUDAN
LIBYA
CHAD
C.A.R.
SUDAN
ERITREA
Wad Madani
Ad Damazin
Kassala
Mostly
uninhabited
DARFUR
REGION
Khartoum
200km
125 miles

Nearly two years of war has killed tens of thousands, displaced over 12 million and triggered the world’s largest displacement crisis

Sources: AFP, BBC, Institute for the Study of War (ISW)
Pictures: Getty Images
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