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Military: Sudan to form new government after regaining Khartoum

This handout image posted on the Sudanese Armed Forces's facebook page on Aug. 24, 2024, shows army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan giving a press conference in Port Sudan, in the Red Sea state.[VOA]

The formation of a new Sudanese government is expected to happen after the recapture of Khartoum is completed, military sources told Reuters on Sunday, a day after army head Abdel Fattah al-Burhan said he would form a technocratic wartime government.

The Sudanese army, long on the backfoot in its war with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), has in recent weeks regained ground in the capital Khartoum along several axes, closing in on the symbolic presidential palace along the Nile.

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