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RSF claims control of Khartoum Airport, Sudan TV building

The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of Sudan said it has seized control of Khartoum Airport and the Merowe military base in the north of the country, according to a statement issued on Saturday. 

by Sudans Post
April 15, 2023

Deputy head of Sudan's sovereign council General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo speaks during a press conference at Rapid Support Forces headquarters in Khartoum, Sudan February 19, 2023. [Photo by REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah]
Deputy head of Sudan’s sovereign council General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo speaks during a press conference at Rapid Support Forces headquarters in Khartoum, Sudan February 19, 2023. [Photo by REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah]
KHARTOUM, APRIL 15, 2023 (SUDANS POST) – The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of Sudan said it has seized control of Khartoum Airport and the Merowe military base in the north of the country, according to a statement issued on Saturday.

“The Rapid Support Forces defended themselves in response to the hostile forces inflicting heavy losses” on the regular army, the RSF statement said.  It said its fighters “were able to take control of Merowe airport and base” north of Khartoum, “expelled attackers on bases in Soba” and “took control of Khartoum airport.”

Earlier in the day, fierce gunfire and sporadic artillery fire had been heard in Khartoum and other areas amid mounting tension between the Sudanese army and the RSF.

The Sudanese army said the RSF had tried to attack its troops in different positions following gunfire reports in multiple parts of the country.

Sudan has been suffering a political crisis since the Sudanese army commander Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan declared a state of emergency on October 25, 2021, and dissolved the sovereign council as well as the government.

On December 5, 2022, Sudan’s military and civilian leaders signed a political framework agreement to end the political impasse and institute a two-year transitional civilian authority, but the two sides have so far failed to transform the agreement into a final deal.

They have agreed on most of the issues, with the exception of those relating to the reforms of the security and military forces, under which the RSF and other armed factions will be integrated into the Sudanese army.

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