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Paramilitary fighters with Sudan\u2019s Rapid Support Forces began withdrawing from the battle-torn capital of Khartoum in large numbers on Wednesday, fleeing a city they had occupied since a ruinous war broke out nearly two years ago.<\/p>\n
The capture of the city by Sudan\u2019s military marks a dramatic turning point in what is currently Africa\u2019s largest war. The Rapid Support Forces, known as the R.S.F., is likely to withdraw to its stronghold in Darfur, in the west of the country, according to analysts.<\/p>\n
Surveillance drone footage circulated by Sudan\u2019s military showed hundreds of R.S.F. fighters crossing a dam on the Nile at Jebel Aulia, south of the capital \u2014 their last remaining escape route. <\/p>\n
Brig. Gen. Nabil Abdullah, a military spokesman, said the military had captured a major R.S.F. camp near the dam. \u201cThis was their last remaining camp in Khartoum,\u201d he said. \u201cA few remnants remain in pockets here and there. They will soon be destroyed.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
The two generals who lead Sudan\u2019s military and the Rapid Support Forces, once allies, went to war nearly two years ago over a dispute about a plan for the R.S.F. paramilitary troops to be absorbed by the military.<\/p>\n
The fighting has killed an estimated 150,000 people and displaced more than 13 million, sending nearly four million fleeing to neighboring countries \u2014 amounting to the world\u2019s largest displacement crisis. Refugees have told of fleeing rapes, massacres and starvation.<\/p>\n
Videos posted to social media showed civilians celebrating as Sudanese military forces arrived into the south of Khartoum, hours after the paramilitaries had fled.<\/p>\n
In Kalakla, 10 miles south of the city center, civilians poured onto the streets, whooping and cheering, to hail Sudanese military forces who arrived on motorbikes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n