Sudanese soldiers celebrating after retaking the presidential palace in Khartoum from paramilitaries on Friday. — AFP KHARTOUM, Mar 21 (AFP): A Sudanese army source said three journalists were killed in a paramilitary drone strike on Khartoum's presidential palace, hours after the military recaptured it on Friday.
The journalists had been reporting for Sudanese state television when the Rapid Support Forces "militia targeted the Republican Palace" with a one-way attack drone, the source told AFP on condition of anonymity.
Meanwhile, Sudan's army said it recaptured the presidential palace in the capital Khartoum from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on Friday after a fierce battle.
"Our forces completely destroyed the enemy's fighters and equipment, and seized large quantities of equipment and weapons," army spokesman Nabil Abdallah said in a statement broadcast on state television.
Abdallah vowed the army would "continue to progress on all fronts until victory is complete and every inch of our country is purged of the militia and its supporters".
On social media, soldiers shared videos appearing to be inside the presidential palace, exchanging congratulations. AFP could not immediately verify the footage.
Paramilitary forces occupied the palace in April 2023, when war broke out between the RSF and the army.
At the time, the RSF swiftly took over the streets of Khartoum, with the army-aligned government fleeing to Port Sudan on the Red Sea coast.
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