Dar es Salaam, March 27 -- SUDANESE Armed Forces (SAF) chief and de facto leader of the African country, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, has declared Khartoum “free” after his soldiers recaptured the international airport in the war-torn capital from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

Gen. Al-Burhan made the announcement on Wednesday from the presidential palace, which the army reclaimed from RSF fighters last Friday. It is said to be the leaders first visit to the presidential palace since the battle for control of Sudan began nearly two years ago.

“Khartoum is free, its done,” he said, to cheers from the soldiers who had surrounded him, according to BBC reports.

The Sudanese army shared a v...