The Sudanese army shelled parts of Khartoum's twin city of Omdurman, residents said, after declaring victory over their paramilitary rivals Rapid Support Forces (RSF)in a two-year battle for the capital.
The army ousted the RSF from its last footholds in Khartoum, but the RSF holds some areas in Omdurman, directly across the Nile River, and has consolidated in west Sudan, splitting the nation into rival zones.
Khartoum residents expressed delight that fighting was over for the first time since it erupted in April 2023.
"During the last two years the RSF made our life hell killing and stealing. They didn't respect anybody including women and old men," teacher Ahmed Hassan, 49, said by phone.
The war has ruined much of Khartoum, uprooted more than 12 million Sudanese from their homes, and left about half of the 50 million population suffering acute hunger in what the UN calls the world's worst humanitarian disaster.
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