A Sudanese doctors’ group said at least three people were killed and dozens more injured in clashes between the country’s army and powerful paramilitary. The fighting comes after months of escalating tensions after an October 2021 military coup.
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.
The fighting comes after months of escalating tensions between the generals and years of political unrest after an October 2021 military coup.
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