Sudan’s army says it seized key buildings in Khartoum after retaking the Republican Palace

Sudanese military gains control of key government buildings in Khartoum, pushing back paramilitary group in ongoing conflict.

Sudan ’s military on Saturday (March 22, 2025) consolidated its grip on the capital, retaking more key government buildings a day after it gained control of the Republican Palace from a notorious paramilitary group.

Brigadier General Nabil Abdullah, a spokesperson for the Sudanese military, said troops expelled the Rapid Support Forces from the headquarters of the National Intelligence Service and Corinthia Hotel in central Khartoum.

The Army also retook the headquarters of the Central Bank of Sudan and other government and educational buildings in the area, Abdullah said. Hundreds of RSF fighters were killed while trying to flee the capital city, he said.

There was no immediate comment from the RSF.

The gain came a day after the military retook the Republican Palace, the prewar seat of the government, in a major symbolic victory for the Sudanese military in its nearly two years of war against the RSF.

A drone attack on the palace Friday (March 21, 2025) believed to have been launched by the RSF killed two journalists and a driver with Sudanese state television, according to the ministry of information. Lt. Colonel Hassan Ibrahim, from the military’s media office, was also killed in the attack, the military said.

Volker Perthes, former U.N. envoy for Sudan, the latest military advances will force the RSF to withdraw to its stronghold in the western region of Darfur.