Friday 21 / March / 2025
The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) have taken control of the presidential palace in Khartoum, the local broadcaster in Sudan and international news agencies reported on Friday.
Videos and photos posted on social media showed soldiers inside the devastated palace.
The Reuters news agency reported that intermittent gunfire could be heard in some central areas of the capital, citing witnesses.
What did Sudanese authorities say?
Sudan's Information Minister Khaled al-Aiser, said the military had retaken the palace in a post on social media platform X.
"Today the flag is raised, the palace is back and the journey continues until victory is complete," he posted.
"Our forces completely destroyed the enemy's fighters and equipment, and seized large quantities of equipment and weapons," army spokesman, Nabil Abdallah, said in a statement broadcast on state television.
On Thursday it was reported that SAF troops had advanced within a few hundred meters of the palace — seized by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) almost two years ago.
