Local sources in Sudan reported clashes between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces in areas south of the capital, Khartoum, on Thursday.
Sudanese local sources confirmed to “Sputnik” agency the occurrence of “heavy weapon clashes between the Sudanese armed forces and Rapid Support Forces in various regions, south of the capital, Khartoum, on Thursday”.
Eyewitnesses reported that “drones belonging to the Sudanese armed forces bombed gatherings of the Rapid Support Forces in the (Compensation) area in the city of East Nile, and in several areas in the city of Omdurman, this morning”.
It should be noted that since April 15, violent and widespread clashes have been taking place between the Sudanese army forces and Rapid Support Forces in various parts of Sudanese territory, with most concentrated in the capital Khartoum, leaving hundreds of civilians dead and injured.
The disagreements between the head of the Sudanese Sovereignty Council and the commander of the Sudanese armed forces, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, and the commander of the Rapid Support Forces, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, became public after signing the “Framework Agreement”, which set the transitional period between the military and civilian components in December. This agreement acknowledged the military’s withdrawal from politics and handing power to civilians.
Dagalo accused the Sudanese army of planning to remain in power and not hand over power to civilians, following the army’s demands to integrate the Rapid Support Forces under the banner of the armed forces. Meanwhile, the army considered the Rapid Support Forces’ actions as rebellion against the state.
It was planned to sign the final political agreement to end the crisis in Sudan on the first of last April, in addition to signing the constitutional document on the sixth of the same month. This did not occur due to disagreements in visions between the leaders of the armed forces and the leaders of the Rapid Support Forces regarding the timeline for integrating the Rapid Support Forces into the army.