Tensions between Sudan's military and a powerful paramilitary force rose after the paramilitary deployed troops into different cities across the country.
Sudan’s military warned Thursday of potential clashes with the country’s powerful paramilitary force, which it said deployed troops in the capital of Khartoum and other cities.
The Sudanese army said on Thursday that the mobilisation in the capital Khartoum and other cities of a paramilitary force headed by General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo had raised the risk of confrontation.
Sustained gunfire was heard in the Sudanese capital Khartoum Saturday amid rising tensions between the military and the country's powerful Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary. A Sudanese army spokesman…
Sudan's military and a powerful paramilitary force engaged in fierce fighting Saturday in the capital and elsewhere in country, serving a new blow to hopes of a transition to democracy and raising fears of a wider conflict.
Fighting erupted Saturday morning in Khartoum between two factions of Sudan's armed forces. A paramilitary group said it has taken control of the presidential palace, the state TV station and airport.
Clashes that erupted early in the day at a military base in the capital, Khartoum, quickly spread to the presidential palace, the international airport and the headquarters of the state broadcaster. Residents cowered in their homes as gunfire and explosions rang out.
Fierce fighting has erupted in Sudan’s capital between the military and the country’s powerful paramilitary force. Saturday's clashes raised fears of a wider conflict in the chaos-stricken country. A doctors’ group said at least three people were killed and dozens injured
Fighting erupted Saturday morning in Sudan's capital Khartoum between two factions of Sudan's armed forces, with reports of gunfire and explosions across the city.
Dozens were reported killed as rival military factions battled for control of the African nation. Violence intensified in the capital and clashes appeared to be spreading in Sudan’s east and west.
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