The head of the paramilitary group calls for the withdrawal of the capital a tactical decision, while committing to return “more powerful”.
The head of the Sudan rapid support forces (RSF) recognized that the paramilitary withdrew from the capital Khartoum while he warns that the fight against the Sudanese army was not over.
Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, also known as Hemedti, conceded Sunday in an audio message on the Telegram application that his forces had left the capital last week when the army consolidated its winnings.
“It is true that in recent days, there has been a withdrawal by their strengths [from Khartoum] To reposition in Omdurman. It was a tactical decision taken by management. It was a collective decision, ”said Dagalo.
However, he undertook to return to Khartoum “stronger, more powerful and victorious”.
“All those who think that there are negotiations or agreements in progress with this diabolical movement is confused,” he continued, referring to the army. “We have neither agreement nor discussion with them – only the language of arms.”
Hemedti’s comments came while the Sudanese army continued to consolidate its gains, taking control of a large market in Omdurman, the twin city of Khartoum, which had already been used by the RSF on Saturday to launch attacks.
The army already controlled most of Omdurman, which houses two major military bases. It seems determined to secure the whole of the capital, which is made up of the three cities of Khartoum, Omdurman and Khartoum in the north, divided by branches of the Nile.
The RSF still has a territory in Omdurman.
Meanwhile, the Sudanese army chief Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan on Saturday is also committed not to retreat, after a decisive blitz in the past few weeks during which the army has recovered the presidential palace, the airport damaged by the war and other key sites in the city center.
“We will not forgive, neither compromise nor negotiation,” said Al-Burhan, adding that victory would only be complete when “the last rebel was eradicated from the last corner of Sudan”.
The two -year civil war is the result of a power struggle between the army and the RSF before a planned transition to civil domination.
The war has created what the United Nations describes as the worst hunger and the movements of the world. More than 12 million people have been uprooted, tens of thousands of people killed and an evaluation not supported by the UN declared famine in certain parts of the country.
Global deaths are difficult to estimate, but a study published last year said that the toll may have reached 61,000 in the state of Khartoum alone in the first 14 months of the conflict.
