Sudan’s army retakes Khartoum airport from paramilitary RSF

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2025-03-27

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Sudan's army recaptures Khartoum airport from the Rapid Support Forces, marking its latest territorial gain in the civil war. Also: a Canadian actress tries to renew her visa, only to find herself detained for days.
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  • This is the global news podcast from the BBC World Service.

  • I'm Janak jalil and at 14 hours GMT on Wednesday 26th March, these are our main stories.

  • Sudan's army says it's recaptured the airport in the capital Khartoum from the RSF paramilitary force it's been battling for two years.

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  • We begin with what looks like a significant development in Sudan's civil war which has caused what the UN calls the world's biggest humanitarian crisis.

  • Sudan's army says it's retaken control of the airport in the Khartoum from the rival paramilitary force,

  • the rsf.

  • This follows the army's recapture of the presidential palace last week

  • as it tries to push the RSF out of Khartoum.

  • Since the conflict began nearly two years ago,

  • tens of thousands of people have been killed and 12 million have been displaced.

  • I asked our Africa regional editor,

  • Will Ross if this claim about the recapture of the airport was credible.

  • Yes, it seems to be true that the army, the Sudanese army has taken over the airport.

  • And it's pretty rapid,

  • this kind of move across the areas of the capital Khartoum