Several killed as army battles paramilitary in Khartoum
Khartoum, The Gulf Observer: Clashes erupted on Saturday in Sudan’s capital Khartoum between the country’s military and the powerful Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary, in what appears to be an attempted coup.
The country’s doctors’ union said three civilians were killed and at least nine others wounded in the violence.
Sudan’s military, led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, overthrew long-term ruler Omar al-Bashir in April 2019. Eighteen months later, the military and the RSF staged a second coup, upending a transition to democracy.
The two agreed to jointly hold power, but tensions between the military leadership and the paramilitary force have increased in recent months.
