Security Analyst: Sudan presidential palace recapture key

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00:00First of all, this conflict has been going on for two years.

00:04This has been described as a real key moment.

00:07Can you tell us why?

00:09In such conflicts and such regimes,

00:13the control of the capital,

00:15especially the presidential passes,

00:18is extremely symbolic.

00:20It is seen as the centre of gravity in the country

00:26who controls a city, especially the seat of power,

00:30symbolically to the people.

00:33He is now the actual ruler.

00:35He has the legitimate right to be in there.

00:39So, in this long conflict,

00:43now we've seen the Sudanese armed forces

00:48make this steady progress over the past few weeks,

00:53and now they have managed to sack the capital

00:57and gain complete control of it,

01:00and evict the RISF forces.

01:03So, this is a significant move.