Army, rival, wage war in Sudan

Smoke is seen rising from a neighborhood in Khartoum, Sudan, Saturday, April 15, 2023. (AP Photo)


Today, Sunday, April 16, 2023, marked day two of fierce fighting between the Sudanese military and paramilitary group, Rapid Support Forces over supremacy and control of the nation.

The clashes, according to AP News, capped months of heightened tensions between the military and its partner, turned rival, the Rapid Support Forces group. 

AP report stated that those tensions had delayed a deal with political parties to get the country back to its short lived transition to democracy, which was derailed by an October 2021 military coup.

Heavy fighting raged today, Sunday morning, a carryover from Saturday's battle in the capital of Khartoum and the adjoining city of Omdurman.

There were fierce clashes around the military headquarters, Khartoum International Airport and state television headquarters, said Tahani Abass, a prominent rights advocate.

“The battles have not stopped,” she said from her family home close to the military headquarters. “They are shooting against each other in the streets. It’s an all-out war in residential areas.”

The military, headed by Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, called for dismantling the RSF, which it labeled a “rebellious militia.” The head of the RSF, Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, told the satellite news network Al Arabyia that he ruled out negotiations. Dagalo called on Burhan to surrender.

With both sides unwilling to end hostilities despite mounting diplomatic pressure to ceasefire, a doctors’ group, "The Sudan Doctors’ Syndicate," said at least 56 civilians were killed and that it believed there were dozens of additional deaths among the rival forces.

The Sudan Doctors’ Syndicate said close to 600 people were wounded, including civilians and fighters.

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