File Photo: Sudanese military chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan (C) arrives at a graduation ceremony in Gibet near Port Sudan. AFP
The army, at war with the RSF since April 2023, has in recent weeks won back large swathes of the capital and its surrounding areas from paramilitaries.
Amid such gains, army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan announced Saturday plans to form a transitional government to help "accomplish the remaining military tasks" and "cleanse all of Sudan" of the RSF.
He added that it would also pave the way for a broader political transition leading to elections.
In the capital, the military said Saturday it had regained control of Kafouri, a key district in Khartoum North, after pushing the paramilitaries to the outskirts of the city also known as Bahri.
The district, one of greater Khartoum's wealthiest, had been a key base for the paramilitary group, housing properties linked to senior RSF leaders, including Abdel Rahim Daglo, the brother and deputy of RSF commander Mohamed Hamdan Daglo.
In a statement, military spokesman Nabil Abdullah said army forces and their allies on Friday pushed out "remnants of the Daglo terrorist militias," from Kafouri and other areas 15 kilometres to the east in Sharq El Nil.
One resident near Kafouri said that the joy at seeing the RSF leave was "indescribable".
"We are waiting for services to return, for our neighbours to come back and for this war to end so our country can be stable again," Azahir Suleiman, 43, told AFP.
On Thursday, a military source told AFP the army was also advancing towards the centre of Khartoum, while eyewitnesses reported clashes there and explosions in the south of the capital.
Elsewhere, the military has intensified its operations against paramilitaries in the vast western region of Darfur.
The city has been a stronghold for rebels and armed groups other than the RSF, serving as a base for launching attacks against the state.
While the RSF holds sway over much of Darfur, the army has consolidated its grip on the country's north and east as well as parts of the centre.
The conflict has devastated the country, displacing more than 12 million and plunging Sudan into the "biggest humanitarian crisis ever recorded" according to the International Rescue Committee.
*This story was edited by Ahram Online.
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