Fierce clashes between Sudan's military and the country's powerful paramilitary force erupted Saturday, but how did it come to this?
country's powerful paramilitary force have erupted in the capital and elsewhere in the African nation, raising fears of a wider conflict in the chaos-stricken country.
The paramilitary group, RSF, is under the rule of General Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemedti, who is deputy of the Sovereign Council.The army has rejected assertions by the RSF that they had seized the presidential palace, the army chief's residence and airports in Khartoum and the northern city of Merowe.
Over time, the forces grew, and were used as border guards in particular to clamp down on irregular migration. A plan to integrate the RSF into the regular army is one of the key points of contention, analysts have said. On Friday, Hemedti said the RSF was committed to de-escalate and was ready to meet with General Burhan, in a statement by a group of officials including leaders of other paramilitary groups.
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