Dar es Salaam, March 28 -- SUDAN: The Sudanese army announced it had fully seized control of the capital, Khartoum, a week after recapturing the presidential palace from rival paramilitaries.

Army spokesperson Nabil Abdullah said late Thursday that forces had eliminated the last pockets of the Rapid Support Forces in the capital.

“Our forces today have successfully and forcibly cleansed the last pockets of the remnants of the Daglo terrorist militia in Khartoum locality,” Abdullah said in a statement.

Sudans army chief, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, declared the capital “free” from the RSF on Wednesday. He made this announcement from inside the recaptured presidential palace.

However, the recapture of the capita...