Sustained firing broke out in the Sudanese capital Saturday amid simmering tensions between the military and the country's powerful paramilitary forces.
The clashes come as tensions between the military and the Rapid Support Forces, as the paramilitary is known, 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.
The sounds of heavy shooting could be heard in a number of areas, including central Khartoum and the neighbourhood of Bahri. Commercial aircraft trying to land in the capital, Khartoum, began turning around to head back to their originating airport. Flights from Saudi Arabia turned back after nearly landing at Khartoum International Airport, flight tracking data showed Saturday.
In a rare televised speech Thursday, a top army general warned of potential clashes with paramilitary force, accusing it of deploying forces in Khartoum and other areas of Sudan without the army's consent. The RSF defended the presence of its forces in an earlier statement.
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Sustained firing heard in Sudanese capital amid tensionsSustained firing has been heard in the Sudanese capital amid tensions between the military and the powerful paramilitary forces. The firing on Saturday morning could be heard in a number of areas, including central Khartoum and the neighbourhood of Bahri. Tensions between the military and the Rapid Support Forces, have escalated in recent months and have forced a delay in the signing of an internationally backed deal with political parties to revive the country’s democratic transition. Current tensions between the army and the paramilitary stem from a disagreement over how the RSF should be integrated into the military. However, the army-RSF rivalry dates back to the rule of autocratic President Omar al-Bashir, who was ousted in 2019.
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