Sudan army advances in Omdurman’s Ombada, captures camps from RSF

April 8, 2025 (OMDURMAN) – The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) made fresh advances on Tuesday in the Ombada locality, west of Omdurman, seizing positions previously held by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

For the past five days, the army has resumed military operations aiming to capture the last RSF strongholds in the Ombada area, west of Omdurman, and Al-Salha to its south. The push follows the army’s recent capture of all localities across the River Nile in Khartoum, Khartoum North (Bahri), and East Nile.

Military sources told Sudan Tribune that “army forces advancing from the Al-Markhiyat military base north of Omdurman took control of the Al-Nusour (Eagles) camp belonging to the Central Reserve Police (CRP), located in the western part of Ombada.”

The sources added that the army also captured the Al-Konan camp, along with the areas of Fatasha, Al-Hilla Al-Jadida, and Iskan Al-Safwa, situated in the far west of Omdurman.

The army aims to reach the Omdurman-Bara national highway to impose a siege on the remaining RSF forces present in the Dar es Salaam neighbourhoods west of Ombada and in Al-Salha, south of Omdurman.

The RSF previously used the Omdurman-Bara road to transport military equipment and fighters from the Darfur and Kordofan regions to operational areas in the capital, Khartoum. The road was also reportedly used to transport goods looted from citizens westward.