You'll Never Guess Which Country Has Millions More Paramilitary Forces Than Other World Powers

You'll Never Guess Which Country Has Millions More Paramilitary Forces Than Other World Powers

In 2023, tensions erupted in Sudan between the military and a paramilitary group known as the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Years earlier, the military and RSF had worked together to oust Omar al-Bashir from power. The two then ran a transitional government before the Sudanese military performed a coup in 2021. Since that point, conversations about military power and overreach, RSF’s integration into the military, and possible reforms have boiled …

The troops of the regular army of Sudan advanced on Thursday to 500 meters from the presidential palace, taken by the paramilitary forces almost two years ago, according to a military source. During their advance in the center of Khartoum, the troops “destroyed a convoy of 30 vehicles of the Rapid Support Forces trying to withdraw to the south,” the source told AFP on condition of anonymity, as it is not allowed to speak to the media.

Sudan army close to reclaim Presidential Palace from militia as two-year war rages

Sudan’s army is close to taking control of the Presidential Palace in Khartoum from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, state TV reported on Thursday, in a significant milestone in a two-year-old conflict that threatens to fracture the country.

The Sudanese army was on Thursday 500 metres from the presidential palace in central Khartoum, where fighting has been raging between soldiers and paramilitary forces, which have occupied the presidency for almost two years, reported a military source.

Battle for Khartoum wrecks key Sudan oil refinery

The once-pristine white oil tanks of Sudan's largest refinery have been blackened by nearly two years of devastating war, leaving the country heavily dependent on fuel imports it can ill afford.

Sudan: State TV claims army's near control of Sudan's presidential palace

The state Television of Sudan reported on Thursday that the army is nearing the capture of the Presidential Palace in Khartoum from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), indicating a pivotal change in the ongoing two-year conflict that risks dividing the nation.