A poisoned palace in a violent impasse – AfriLatest & Headlines

Despite dramatic changes on the front lines, neither side is close to the 'total military victory' sought by the generals at Sudan's war (Reuters/Goran Tomasevic)

Anyway, the symbolic center of the Sudan state – what remains of it – is the Republican Palace, a complex on the banks of the blue nile in cartoon.

It is currently in siege. The units fighting for the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), commanded by Abdel Fattah Alburhan, are a few blocks away, after advancing quickly through parts of the

capital. In the context of Civil War cartoon, the current occupants of the Palace – the Fast Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary group – are in the back foot.

All political transitions in Sudan-the Mahdist revolt, the first post-independence flag creation and several revolutions-performed the palace. “The palace is more than just a building,” said Omer Mohamed Gorashi, photographer and artist, in an interview with Architecture magazine Koozazch. “It's like proof of Sudanese resilience and an obstacle to fully overcome colonial legacies.”

More recently, it was the place of the great demonstrations that forced longtime dictator Omar Al-Bashir of Power in 2019. As they marched, the protesters sang: “Ila al-Qasr Hatta al-Nasr!” To the palace to the victory.

This revolution has given two generals increased authority: Al-Burhan and Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, commonly known as Hemedti, who leads the RSF. Just two years later, the pair would join forces to launch a blow that removed civilians from the transitional government.

Their unit was short lived. Two more years later, the two generals had a fight. The war followed quickly. Tens of thousands of people were killed and at least 12 million displaced. Half of the population is facing hunger. The war was characterized by massacres and war crimes on both sides; The RSF was accused of committing ethnic cleaning and genocide in Darfur.

When the war broke out in April 2023, one of Hemedti's first movements was to take advantage of the Republican Palace. This control is now under serious threat. If Al-Burhan's forces can take the palace and the rest of the capital, it will be the biggest change in the balancing power of war so far.

The moment is with the SAF. The army has made surprising gains in recent weeks, starting with the capture of Wad Madani in the state of Al Jazira. He recovered his cartoon headquarters as well as the base of Signal Corps in Bahri.
Displaced civilians, desperate to return

To their homes, they are following the treadmill of the army. There is no guarantee that these houses are still intact: in the early days of the war, RSF troops occupied houses, especially in skyscrapers, to use as elite shooter positions. Many were destroyed. Reports indicate that as they retire, militia combatants are disabling domestic items such as Starlink satellites and what else they can carry.

For other civilians, the change of power dynamics brings new dangers. After resuming Wad Medani, the SAF combatants and the Allied militia performed at least 45 people and set fire to the villages of anyone suspected of having collaborated with the RSF. The evidence of this collaboration was often little more than ethnicity.

Meanwhile, the RSF seems to be triggering arbitrary retaliatory violence as they retreat from cartoon. On Tuesday, the emergency lawyer network said RSF's fighters killed more than 200 people in Al-Kadaris and Al-Khalwat, in the state of Nile Branco, which is south of the capital.

If the siege of the Republican Palace ends in favor of SAF-O Army says it will be and soon the claim of General Al-Burhan of being the legitimate governor of Sudan will be dramatically more credible. Most countries continue to recognize Alburhan as Sudan's official leader, anyway,

Although he has – until recently – was arrested in Port Sudan, the capital of the time of the war that is about 800 km from the presidential office.

This does not mean, however, that the end of the war is in sight. The RSF is still entrenched in Darfur and parts of northern Kordofan, and Hemedti is trying to build a coalition of civil society organizations with which he can create a parallel government.

Much can depend on the actions of foreign powers. A theory for sudden SAF's military advances is that the supply of weapons to the RSF of Networks in the United Arab Emirates decreased the sanctions of the United States that were imposed earlier this year