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| Sudan: Fighting erupts in Khartoum as army and paramilitary force clash | |
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| Gunfire and explosions have been heard in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, after days of tension between a notorious paramilitary force and the country's army. | Gunfire and explosions have been heard in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, after days of tension between a notorious paramilitary force and the country's army. |
| The dispute centres around a proposed transition to civilian rule. | The dispute centres around a proposed transition to civilian rule. |
| Reuters is reporting that gunfire has been heard close to the headquarters of the army in the centre of the city. | |
| The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) says it has taken control of the airport. | |
| Earlier it had said that one of its camps in the south of Khartoum had been attacked. | |
| For its part, the army has said that RSF fighters are trying to seize the military headquarters. | |
| "Fighters from the Rapid Support Forces attacked several army camps in Khartoum and elsewhere around Sudan," the AFP news agency is quoting army spokesman Brig Gen Nabil Abdallah. | |
| "Clashes are ongoing and the army is carrying out its duty to safeguard the country." | |
| The Reuters news agency is also quoting witnesses as saying that there was gunfire in the northern city of Merowe. | |
| Alarabyia TV is broadcasting pictures of smoke rising from a military camp there, Reuters reports. | |
| Generals have been running the country through what is called the Sovereign Council since a coup in October 2021. | |
| The RSF is under the command of the council's vice-president Gen Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo. The army, meanwhile, is led by Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, who is the head of the Sovereign Council. | |
| A proposed move to a civilian-led government has foundered on the timetable to integrate the RSF into the national army. | A proposed move to a civilian-led government has foundered on the timetable to integrate the RSF into the national army. |
| The RSF wanted to delay it for 10 years, but the army said it should happen in two years. | The RSF wanted to delay it for 10 years, but the army said it should happen in two years. |
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| Sudan | Sudan |