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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 said the paramilitary group attacked army camps in the capital while the RSF accused the army of entering their camps in southern Khartoum.
The firing could be heard in a number of areas in Sudan’s capital, including central Khartoum and the neighbourhood of Bahri. Gunfire could also be heard from the area of the presidential palace and smoke could be seen rising from the airport, according to witnesses.
#Sudan : residents of #Khartoum woke up this morning to the sound of gunfire and plumes of smoke rising into the air as clashes appear to have erupted in the capital city.
These armed confrontations follow weeks of rising tensions between the SAF and RSF military factions. pic.twitter.com/QXQXRsGnzi
— Thomas van Linge (@ThomasVLinge) April 15, 2023
Tensions between the military and the RSF paramilitary have escalated in recent months, forcing a delay in the signing of an internationally backed deal with political parties to revive the country’s democratic transition.
Fighting erupted early Saturday at military bases in southern Khartoum and spread to several other areas. Doctors said clashes had taken place in residential neighbourhoods and civilians had been injured.
The RSF, a powerful paramilitary headed by Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, better known in Sudan as Hemedti, has said it seized airports in Khartoum, the northern city of Merowe and the western city of El-Obeid. The RSF has also claimed to have seized the…
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