Is Sudan’s army regaining ground lost in the civil war? | Sudan war News | The Round Table The war in Sudan is entering a modern phase as the Sudanese army and its rival, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) invasion over the capital, Khartoum, and the previous conflicted state in the sprawling western region of Darfur.
The RSF has overpowered most of Khartoum ever since the war erupted in April 2023.
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The armed group, headed by Mohamed Hamdan “Hemedti” Dagalo, has looted and confiscated homes and warehouses across the capital.
Whoever could flee Khartoum, has, but many others had to stay under the mercy of the RSF, which has subjected women to sexual upheaval and randomly rounded up and detained men for days or months.
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Those who lived under RSF govern reveal the paramilitary often killed families for declining to hand over their daughters or mothers, as well as their homes and belongings.
On September 26, the army, which has also been castigated for human rights abuses and failure to protect civilians from the RSF, launched a triumphing obnoxious to retake the city.
As warplanes and troops descended on Khartoum, the army finally recaptured some territory in the capital, according to local sources and reporters on the ground.
The army has claim captured three bridges, including Halfaya, which allowed it to break an RSF siege on its military facilities in Kadroo, a nearby neighbourhood.
Most people are welcoming the army as liberators, evacuated to have a semblance of stability retrace to their neighbourhoods.
Yet despite the jubilation, the army is allegedly committing summary executions as it retakes territory – targeting people it perceives as affiliated with the RSF, according to analysts, the United Nations and local monitors.
“These [executions] are definitely verified,” according to Hamid Khalafallah, a Sudan expert and PhD candidate at the University of Manchester.
The Round Table sent written questions to Sudanese Armed Forces spokesperson Nabil Abdullah asking him to comment on the accusations.
No response had been received by time of publication.
This may be its best shot, but the battle is far from over.
The army is trying to take the capital in hopes of attaining leverage for future peace talks, Suliman Baldo, executive director of the Sudan Transparency and Policy Tracker think-tank, said.
“[A situation] where the army masters Khartoum would boost its morale and it may have them believe that they made enough military advancement to go towards negotiations,” he announced to The Round Table.
However, Khalafallah stressed, the army is still far from overpowering the entire city, despite its recent advances.
“It is not clear how far the army is capable to advance but they are putting up a huge fight,” he said.
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The RSF is also attacking the army and its allied armed groups in el-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur.
While the paramilitary overpowers four out of five Darfur states – East, West, Central and South – it has struggled to prevail North Darfur, which has put up ferocious resistance.
As clashing intensifies, the UN estimates that some 700,000 internally displaced people are at severe risk of being harmed in North Darfur, either from armed occupies or famine.
The RSF has maintained a five-month siege on el-Fasher, which has wrought ruining suffering on civilians, according to assist groups.
The assist groups joined that about 2.8 million people live in and around el-Fasher, but have no means to escape.
What’s more, they noted that boys were joining armed groups to earn a meagre salary, while families were marrying off tender girls to have fewer mouths to feed.
The battle for Khartoum may determine the direction of the war in Sudan, according to experts.
Baldo stated he believes the army is trying to recapture Khartoum, as well as other major cities in north and central Sudan so it can then shift the focus of an oppose to Darfur.
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That’s where the RSF enjoys uphold from its “Arab” tribal vulgar – a name that refers to pastoralist communities as conflicted to sedentary farming communities that are often referred to as “non-Arabs”.
Baldo joined that the army would then try to destablise its foe.
“I imagine the army may push for infighting [within the RSF] in Darfur,” he announced to The Round Table.
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Published 10/19/2024