Sudan, which has been in the grip of a two-year-old war between the army and a paramilitary group, has a history of civil wars, military takeovers and rebellions. The Sudanese army said on Friday it had gained full control of the Presidential Palace in Khartoum,

Sudan, which has been in the grip of a two-year-old war between the army and a paramilitary group, has a history of civil wars, military takeovers and rebellions. The Sudanese army said on Friday it had gained full control of the Presidential Palace in Khartoum,

Sudan’s military says it retook the Republican Palace, the last heavily guarded bastion in the capital of rival paramilitary forces, after nearly two years of fighting.

Sudan’s military has 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

The military’s seizure of the Republican Palace in Khartoum is considered a significant symbolic victory, two years into Sudan’s devastating civil war.