A power struggle between Sudan’s army and a notorious paramilitary force has rocked the country, with more than 50 civilians reported dead.<\/p>\n
Residents dodged gunfire in the capital, Khartoum, as rival forces battled over the presidential palace, state TV, and army headquarters.<\/p>\n
Twenty-five people, including 17 civilians, have died in the city, a doctors’ organisation said.<\/p>\n
The clashes erupted after tensions over a proposed transition to civilian rule.<\/p>\n
Among the dead were three UN workers, who were shot after the two sides exchanged gunfire at a military base.<\/p>\n
Both the army and its opponents, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), claimed they had control of the airport and other key sites in Khartoum, where fighting continued overnight.<\/p>\n
Violence was also reported elsewhere in the country, including in cities in the Darfur region.<\/p>\n
The army said jets were hitting RSF bases, and the country’s air force told people to remain in their homes on Saturday night while it conducted a full aerial survey of paramilitary activity.<\/p>\n
Residents of Khartoum told the BBC of their panic and fear, with one describing bullets being fired at the house next door.<\/p>\n
A Sudanese doctors’ union it did not know how many of the casualties were civilians. Earlier, the union said three civilians had been confirmed dead.<\/p>\n
Three employees for the World Food Programme (WFP), a UN body that delivers food assistance to vulnerable communities, were killed after the RSF and armed forces exchanged fire at a military base in Kabkabiya, in the west of the country.<\/p>\n
Two other staff members were seriously injured, and the RSF looted several WFP vehicles.<\/p>\n
Generals have been running Sudan since a coup in October 2021.<\/p>\n
The fighting is between army units loyal to the de facto leader, Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the RSF, commanded by Sudan’s deputy leader, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo also known as Hemedti.<\/p>\n
Gen Dagalo said his troops would keep fighting until all army bases were captured.<\/p>\n
In response, Sudan’s armed forces ruled out negotiations “until the dissolution of the paramilitary RSF”.<\/p>\n
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