{"id":12420,"date":"2024-03-13T08:03:37","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T08:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2024\/03\/13\/sudan-conflict-army-retakes-state-broadcasters-headquarters-from-rsf\/"},"modified":"2024-03-13T08:03:37","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T08:03:37","slug":"sudan-conflict-army-retakes-state-broadcasters-headquarters-from-rsf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/sudan-conflict-army-retakes-state-broadcasters-headquarters-from-rsf\/","title":{"rendered":"Sudan conflict: Army retakes state broadcaster\u2019s headquarters from RSF"},"content":{"rendered":"

Soldiers from Sudan\u2019s army have recaptured the headquarters of the state broadcaster in Omdurman, the city just across the Nile from the capital, Khartoum, the army has said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is a symbolic breakthrough for the army in its 11-month civil war with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).<\/p>\n

The RSF had held the headquarters since just after fighting broke out.<\/p>\n

The conflict in Sudan has led eight million people to flee their homes and there are warnings of growing hunger.<\/p>\n

Videos being shared on social media show soldiers celebrating outside the state broadcaster in Omdurman.<\/p>\n

In a statement, the army called it a \u201cmajor victory\u201d.<\/p>\n

But despite taking the building last April, the RSF had not been able to transmit from it and state television continued to show pro-army content, which was broadcast from elsewhere in the country.<\/p>\n

Ever since the war broke out, the army and the RSF have battled for control of Khartoum and the nearby cities. Despite the United Nations Security Council\u2019s call for a ceasefire during the holy month of Ramadan, intense fighting has continued in several parts of the capital.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople are very rejuvenated \u2013 there is a lot of sentiment attached to national radio,\u201d says the BBC\u2019s Mohanad Hashim who previously worked for Sudan\u2019s state broadcaster.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s also a major defeat for the RSF because they were using the radio HQ as their stronghold. The Sudanese Armed Forces are going to milk this \u2013 it is a big victory for them.\u201d<\/p>\n

The conflict erupted last April following a disagreement between the army\u2019s head, Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and RSF chief Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, better known as Hemedti, over an internationally backed political plan to move towards civilian rule.<\/p>\n

As well as displacing millions, the conflict has left Khartoum in ruins, caused a humanitarian crisis and triggered ethnically driven killings in Darfur, in the west of the country.<\/p>\n

Several international attempts to broker a ceasefire have failed.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Soldiers from Sudan\u2019s army have recaptured the headquarters of the state broadcaster in Omdurman, the city just across the Nile from the capital, Khartoum, the army has said. This is a symbolic breakthrough for the army in its 11-month civil war with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The RSF had held the headquarters since just […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12420\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}