Sudan’s army says it has wrested control of the capital Khartoum from a feared militia accused of genocide after ousting it from the Presidential Palace and the city’s airport it had held since the start of a brutal two-year conflict.

Sudan’s military says it has retaken the international airport in the capital, Khartoum, after nearly two years of fighting against a notorious paramilitary group.

Two years after the civil war in Sudan erupted, the Sudanese army has stated it was recaptured Khartoum, taking control from the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces. Army chief Abdul Fattah al-Burhan issued a video on Thursday in which he declared "Khartoum is free".