The fall of the Republican Palace, a compound along the Nile River that was the seat of government before the war erupted and is immortalized on Sudanese banknotes and postage stamps, marks another battlefield gain for Sudan’s military. It has made steady advances in recent months under army chief Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan.

Sudanese Armed Forces seize key buildings from RSF in central Khartoum, as journalists reporting from palace killed by paramilitary drone strike