‘The ground was shaking, no one expected it’ – Sudan’s army launches dawn raid to recapture Khartoum
The Sudanese army’s offensive across the Nile in the capital, Khartoum, was heralded by a sudden thunder of shelling and air strikes that reverberated through the darkness. Troops charged across two bridges from the sister city of Omdurman, reportedly wearing green martyrdom headbands in expectation of death as the assault was so perilous.