KHARTOUM: Explosions rocked the Sudanese capital Khartoum Monday (Apr 17) as fighting between the army and paramilitary forces led by rival generals raged for a third day with the death toll surpassing 100. The
KHARTOUM: Explosions rocked the Sudanese capital Khartoum Monday as fighting between the army and paramilitary forces led by rival generals raged for a third day with the death toll surpassing 100.after weeks of power struggles between the two generals who seized power in a 2021 coup, Sudan's army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his deputy, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who commands the powerful paramilitary Rapid Support Forces .
In his only statement since the fighting flared, Burhan told Al Jazeera on Saturday that he was"surprised by Rapid Support Forces attacking his home" and that what was happening"should prevent the formation of forces outside the army". The World Health Organization had already warned that several of Khartoum's nine hospitals receiving injured civilians"have run out of blood, transfusion equipment, intravenous fluids and other vital supplies".
The two sides accuse the other of starting the fighting, and both claim the upper hand by declaring control of key sites, including the airport and the presidential palace - none of which could be independently verified. Three UN staff from the World Food Programme were among those killed in the western region of Darfur, forcing a"temporary halt" to all operations in a country where one-third of the population needs aid.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned an escalation in the fighting would"further aggravate the already precarious humanitarian situation".
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