Sudan’s military says it has seized control of presidential palace

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Sudan's military has said it has retaken the Republican Palace in the country's capital Khartoum after nearly two years of fighting. The current conflict in Sudan erupted in April 2023 when a power struggle between the leaders of the military and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) boiled over into open fighting in Khartoum and other cities. Social media videos showed the military's soldiers inside on the 21st day of Ramadan, the holy Muslim fasting month. Image: Sudanese army members inside the presidential palace. Pic: X/Reuters A Sudanese military officer wearing a captain's epaulettes made the announcement in a video and...