Sudan’s RSF shells army command in Khartoum

April 25, 2025 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) shelled the army’s general command headquarters in central Khartoum with heavy artillery from positions south of Omdurman on Friday, military sources said.

Dense columns of smoke rose from a building within the military headquarters following the morning artillery attack.

Military sources told Sudan Tribune that the RSF fired artillery from the Salha suburb, southwest of Omdurman, where the group maintains artillery platforms, targeting the army headquarters.

The shelling followed overnight activity where the Sudanese army’s heavy artillery targeted RSF positions in Salha and western Omdurman, areas where pockets of RSF fighters remain active, the sources added. A Sudan Tribune correspondent in Omdurman reported hearing artillery fire.

Military sources also reported ongoing clashes between the army and RSF fighters in Salha, south of Omdurman.

According to the sources, the RSF launched preemptive long-range drone strikes on Thursday evening against army defences in the Naivasha area and west of the Souk Libya market in western Omdurman. The army retaliated by shelling RSF positions in Salha with heavy artillery, leading to ground confrontations between the opposing forces.

Army units are reportedly surrounding the remaining RSF pockets west and south of Omdurman. The military aims to clear Khartoum state entirely of RSF presence through ongoing operations that include direct combat and area sweeps, sources say.

On Wednesday, the Sudanese army released video footage purportedly showing its soldiers combing the Souk Al-Muwailih area, the country’s largest livestock market, west of Omdurman.

Information obtained by Sudan Tribune suggests the army has advanced near Fattasha, which is considered the western entrance to Khartoum state from North Kordofan state.