Fierce street clashes continued to rage between the Sudanese army and Rapid Support Forces, of Mohammed Hamdan "Hemedti" Dagalo, in the capital Khartoum on Sunday for the third consecutive week.
Backed by the Al-Baraa bin Malik Battalion, the army has been carrying out an intense offensive to reclaim the entire city.
Little information has emerged on the details of the battle. Some reports have said the army has made advances on the western bank where the Blue and White Rivers merge. It has also captured some high-rise buildings where the RSF was fortified.
RSF media platforms said the forces repelled army advances on the White Nile River bridge that links Omdurman to Khartoum, leaving it with heavy losses.
The army and RSF have both refrained from releasing footage of the fighting. Reports have however said that the military managed to enter the heart of Khartoum amid heavy fighting.
A Sudanese network of volunteer rescuers said on Sunday the military carried out an airstrike a day earlier on a marketplace in Khartoum, leaving 23 people dead.
"Twenty-three people were confirmed dead and more than 40 others wounded" and taken to hospital after "military airstrikes on Saturday afternoon on the main market" in southern Khartoum, the youth-led Emergency Response Rooms said in a post on Facebook.
Meanwhile, head of the Sovereign Council and army commander Abdel Fattah al-Burhan visited the Jabal Moya region that the military had reclaimed from the RSF after days of fighting.
Videos posted on social media on Sunday showed Burhan visiting his forces in the region that lies 250 kms south of Khartoum.
Jabal Moya is seen as a vital area given its strategic location between three states: Gezira, Sennar and White Nile.
The RSF had acknowledged defeat in the region, accusing the Egyptian army of intervening in the Sudanese military’s favor by launching strikes in its push to capture Jabal Moya.
Burhan was seen visiting the troops, praising them for their victory against the "terrorist rebel militia" - the RSF, said Sovereign Council media.
The RSF continues to hold Sennar, Gezira and parts of the White Nile states.
