Sudan army says it has pushed into Bahri neighborhoods as RSF denies defeat

# Sudan army says it has pushed into Bahri neighborhoods as RSF denies defeat

Radio Dabanga reported gains in eastern Khartoum North, including Teiba El Ahameda, while the RSF said it repelled the attack.

Event date 2025-01-31. Sudan's army said its soldiers had entered Teiba El Ahameda in eastern Khartoum North, better known as Bahri, and that Rapid Support Forces units had pulled back toward Kafouri, according to Radio Dabanga's reporting from the front line.

The report described the move as part of a broader push in which the Sudanese Armed Forces were tightening control over large parts of southern, northern and western Bahri. Military sources said the army had also taken what it described as the remaining pockets in southern Bahri, including the El Amlak and El Danagla neighborhoods and the area of the El Diyar El Gatariya Company.

Another key detail in the report was control of the northern entrance to the Mek Nimir bridge, which links Khartoum North with central Khartoum. In a city defined by roads, river crossings and shifting front lines, bridge access matters as much as taking a neighborhood. It shapes movement, supply lines and whether the army can sustain pressure on the opposite bank.

But the RSF pushed back on the narrative of a clean army advance. Basha Tabig, identified by Radio Dabanga as an adviser to the RSF commander, said on X that the RSF had achieved a crushing victory, repelled an attack on El Izba and forced the army to withdraw to Samarab. The report also said the RSF still controlled large parts of Kober and Kafouri, as well as El Haj Yousef, Sharg El Nil and most of Khartoum city.

That split account is what makes the Bahri fighting notable. One side says it is broadening control and setting up a future push toward Nile Street and central Khartoum. The other side says it repelled the attack and held its ground. In a war where propaganda and battlefield messaging are often part of the conflict itself, both the claimed gains and the denied losses matter.

Radio Dabanga also noted that the army had recently regained its General Command in central Khartoum and that the battle for the capital remained fluid. The immediate verified takeaway is narrower than either side's rhetoric: the army said it advanced in Bahri, the RSF said it did not lose the ground, and the city remained a patchwork of contested districts.