Sudan army chief declares capital ‘free’ from inside presidential palace

Sudan’s army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan arrived at Khartoum’s presidential palace on Wednesday, declaring the capital “free” of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces after nearly two years of war. “Khartoum is free, it’s done,” said Burhan, Sudan’s de facto leader, in a broadcast aired by state television, capping a multi-day campaign by his forces to recapture central Khartoum’s state institutions from paramilitary control. Naba Mohiedeen reports from Port Sudan.