The Sudanese army announced in a statement Friday that it has taken complete control of the presidential palace in downtown Khartoum, marking a significant victory in the two-year-old war against a rival armed group that has threatened to split the nation.
Hours later, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) said that it was still near the palace and that it had attacked, killing hundreds of army soldiers inside.
According to army officials, the combatants were roughly 400 meters away. They claimed that a drone attack on the army’s forces had killed three state television journalists and other soldiers.
