BREAKING: The death toll has risen to 26 in Sudan amid an outbreak of fighting between the country’s army and a powerful paramilitary force. Another 103 have been injured.
Smoke is seen rising from a neighborhood in Khartoum, Sudan, Saturday, April 15, 2023. Fierce clashes between Sudan’s military and the country’s powerful paramilitary erupted in the capital and elsewhere in the African nation after weeks of escalating tensions between the two forces. The fighting raised fears of a wider conflict in the chaos-stricken nation. Smoke is seen rising from a neighborhood in Khartoum, Sudan, Saturday, April 15, 2023.
KHARTOUM, Sudan — A Sudan doctors’ group said at least 26 people were killed and 103 wounded in fighting Saturday between the country’s army and a powerful paramilitary force. The deaths occurred in areas around the country, including the capital city, Khartoum and its sister city Omdurman, the Sudan Doctors’ Syndicate said in a statement. Many of the the wounded were located in southwestern Sudan.
The violence comes after months of escalating tensions between the armed forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and years of political unrest since an October 2021 military coup. It raised fears of a wider conflict among many as fighting continued into Saturday night. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. The following is AP’s previous story:
Sudan’s military and a powerful paramilitary force engaged in fierce fighting Saturday in the capital and elsewhere in the country, dealing a new blow to hopes for a transition to democracy and raising fears of a wider conflict. A doctors’ group said at least three people were killed and dozens injured.The clashes capped months of heightened tensions between the armed forces and the Rapid Support Forces group.
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