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‘Khartoum is free’ says Sudan Army chief al-Burhan after airport captured

Sudan's army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan gestures to soldiers inside the presidential palace after the Sudanese army said it had taken control of the building, in the capital Khartoum, Sudan [Sudan Transitional Sovereignty Council/Handout via Reuters]

Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has declared, “Khartoum is free” hours after his forces recaptured Khartoum airport from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

Al-Burhan was speaking Wednesday from the presidential palace that government forces took control of Friday in a key victory. It was his first time inside the presidential palace for nearly two years.

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