{"id":20115428,"date":"2025-03-31T21:15:58","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T19:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/?p=20115428"},"modified":"2025-03-31T21:20:30","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T19:20:30","slug":"hemedti-acknowledges-rsf-retreat-after-sudan-army-gains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/hemedti-acknowledges-rsf-retreat-after-sudan-army-gains","title":{"rendered":"Hemedti acknowledges RSF retreat after Sudan army gains"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The commander of Sudan\u2019s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Lt Gen Mohammed Hamdan \u2018Hemedti\u2019 Dagalo, has for the first time admitted that his troops withdrew from Khartoum. In a voice message posted on his Telegram account on Sunday, Hemedti acknowledged the retreat from the capital, calling it a \u201cdecision approved by the command and the Department of Operations.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite their capitulation in Khartoum<\/a>, he vowed the RSF would return stronger. \u201cI assure you, we left Khartoum, but God willing, we will return,\u201d the RSF commander said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adding that, \u201cThe war is still in its infancy,\u201d he declared, promising to continue battling the Sudanese army and what he termed the \u201cIslamic movement\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hemedti dismissed speculation that the withdrawal was part of a negotiated deal with the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnyone who thinks there is a negotiation or agreement with what I call the satanic movement is wrong,\u201d he said. \u201cWe have no agreement or discussion with them, only the language of the gun.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The SAF, which announced last week that it had ended the RSF presence in Khartoum<\/a>, has also denied any deal behind the RSF withdrawal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a statement on Thursday, a military spokesperson rejected claims that the RSF\u2019s retreat was coordinated with the government, calling it a \u201cshameful escape\u201d and stating that RSF fighters had been left behind on the battlefield.<\/p>\n\n\n

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SAF soldier outside Libya Market Police Station on Saturday, amid ongoing advances in Omdurman (Photo: @6a7a_hussein via X)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

SAF advances in Omdurman were announced on Saturday, including the recapture of the Libya Market<\/a> in western Omdurman, a key RSF stronghold since the war began in April 2023. Soldiers reportedly recovered weapons and equipment abandoned by the RSF.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In an address to the Sudanese people on Sunday evening for Eid El Fitr<\/a>, SAF Commander-in-Chief Lt Gen Abdelfattah El Burhan reaffirmed that \u201cthere will be no retreat from the defeat and crushing of the terrorist [RSF] militia.\u201d<\/p>\n