The military and the RSF have divided up Sudan's towns, factories and resources between them as neither side appears to have the immediate upper hand.
NAIROBI — The two generals fighting for power in Sudan battled on Wednesday to seize more strategic positions controlling oil infrastructure, military factories and prominent landmarks ahead of the latest attempt at a cease-fire scheduled for the next day.The division of key sites and towns between the two sides means that both forces are digging in and neither has gained a definitive upper hand in the fighting yet.
“Both sides are trying to get reinforcements into Khartoum — it’s a complete dogfight. Most people would say [the Sudanese armed forces] has the upper hand but if the RSF entrench themselves in Khartoum, then does it really matter?” Boswell asked. The RSF had some armored vehicles but doesn’t seem to be using them much, he said, and has shoulder-mounted antiaircraft missiles that could take down helicopters the army might try to use for close air support.
Both those positions are under control of the RSF, which is headed by Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, universally known as Hemedti. His forces are battling the military, headed by Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the army chief and de facto head of state.The RSF holds most of Bahri, the city that bleeds into northern Khartoum’s suburbs, and several residential areas within Khartoum, residents said.
Control of military manufacturing sites is also split. An employee working in the Military Industrial Corporation said the RSF now controls the Jiyad complex located in the state of Al-Jazira, east of the capital, which manufactures tanks and heavy machinery. That factory is currently unusable and the RSF could not operate the machinery in any case, he said. The RSF also controls the Qari complex in Bahri, which is functional and makes light weapons and ammunition.
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