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Name: Battle of Khartoum

Type: Event

Start: 2023 AD

End: 2024 AD

Parent: Sudanese civil war (2023-present)

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Is a battle for control of Khartoum, the capital city of Sudan, with fighting in and around the city between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), and the Sudanese Armed Forces.

Chronology


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  • April 2023: The RSF posted a video in which it claimed to be in control of the Garri oil refinery and power plant more than 70 kilometres (43 miles) north of Khartoum.
  • June 2023: The RSF claimed to have seized the headquarters of the Police Central Reserve Forces in Khartoum.
  • December 2023: The RSF claimed to have taken control over the database centre of the Sudan Telecommunications Group (Sudatel), located in southwestern Khartoum and regarded as one of the largest in Africa.
  • July 2024: By 2 July 2024, the SAF recaptured the Doha neighborhood.
  • July 2023: The RSF began besieging the Alia Hospital in Omdurman.
  • April 2023: The RSF was in control of the Chevrelet military base on the Libyan border at the start of the Sudanese Civil War.
  • April 2023: The RSF claimed that they captured a military manufacturing facility in the neighborhood of Masoudiya in southeast Khartoum as well as another facility in Khartoum Bahri.
  • June 2023: The RSF captured the neighborhood of Al Nuzha on 2 June
  • June 2023: The Taiba camp north to Jebel Awlia is conquered by the RSF.
  • June 2023: The The Khalifa House Museum was occupied by the RSF.
  • March 2024: The SAF claimed to have retaken the Wad al-Bashir Bridge connecting the old center of Omdurman and the Ombadda neighborhood.
  • May 2023: The RSF took over the al-Mogran neighborhood of Khartoum. The RSF also captured the Arabic Market, Central Bank, GNPC tower, and the eastern side of al-Fatihab bridge.
  • May 2023: The RSF captured all of northwest Khartoum.
  • May 2024: The SAF overran RSF positions on the eastern side of the Halfiya Bridge connecting Omdurman and Khartoum Bahri
  • April 2023: The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) launched attacks on multiple Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) bases across the country, including in the capital Khartoum. The RSF captured Khartoum International Airport, several military bases, and the presidential palace. The Interior Ministry building was also said to have come under RSF occupation.
  • April 2023: Residents of Bahri also stated that fighting was occurring in their neighborhood
  • April 2023: The main hotspots of fighting between the RSF and the Sudanese Army in Omdurman were in El Fitihab, Medinet El Nakhil, El Bustan, and the Libya Market Road.
  • April 2023: In Khartoum that same day, RSF forces gained control of the roads leading to El Gezira, along with the roads leading to Soba Bridge.
  • April 2023: The Sharg El Nil Hospital in Khartoum, one of the largest in Khartoum, was raided by the RSF and converted into a military base.
  • May 2023: The RSF consolidated control over Sharq En Nil hospital.
  • May 2023: On 10 May the RSF was in control of the Omdurman Maternity Hospital and the El Morada area.
  • May 2023: The SAF recaptured the Central Bank of Sudan.
  • June 2023: The SAF announced the capture of the Nujoumi air base in Jebel Awlia on 6 June, which is located near the Taiba base.
  • June 2023: by 8 June, the RSF had already recaptured Yarmouk factory.
  • June 2023: The Sudan Armed Forces advanced on multiple axes in Khartoum on Sunday, June 11, following the expiry of the 24-hour ceasefire at 06:00. Clashes took place near the Halfaya Bridge, near Manshia Bridge, in Kafouri, in Southern Belt, and north of Armored Corps.
  • July 2023: The SAF captured the Al Wasatia junction.
  • April 2023: The RSF claimed the capture of the SAF-controlled Hattab Operational Base in Khartoum
  • November 2023: The RSF claimed to have seized control of the SAF garrison in Jabal Awliya.
  • March 2024: The RSF claimed to have regained control of the Wad al-Bashir Bridge in Omdurman.
  • May 2024: In the early morning hours, large contingents of Sudanese army forces crossed the “Halfaya” bridge, connecting Omdurman and Khartoum Bahri, and penetrated deep into Khartoum North after destroying RSF positions on the bridge’s eastern side.
  • June 2023: On 7 June, a fire broke out after clashes near Yarmouk factory, the largest weapons-producing factory in Sudan.
  • August 2024: The SAF retook the Hamad Al-Nil area and the vicinity of the Al-Mansoura roundabout in Omdurman from the RSF.
  • November 2023: The RSF claims to have captured the main gate of the SAF's El-Shajara garrison in Khartoum.
  • May 2023: RSF militants occupied the Episcopal Anglican Church in Khartoum and the Virgin Mary Cathedral.
  • June 2023: The RSF seized control over the National Museum of Sudan complex in Khartoum.
  • July 2023: By July, 2nd 2023 a propaganda video shows landmarks of the territories that the RSF has conquered. The presidential Palace of Khartoum is under RSF control.

  • Selected Sources


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