Sudan state television cut its transmission on Sunday afternoon, a move that employees said was aimed at preventing the broadcast of propaganda by a paramilitary force that was battling the army for control of the capital.
The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces said it had taken control of state TV and other strategic facilities as fighting erupted around Khartoum on Saturday, claims that were refuted by the army.State media employees, speaking on condition of anonymity, said authorities had cut broadcast signals after the RSF had entered the main state broadcaster building in Omdurman, across the Nile from Khartoum, and used radio networks to broadcast programming favourable to the RSF.
Reuters reporters in Khartoum and several other cities outside the country said transmission on the main state TV channel went blank on Sunday after hours of looped repeats of recorded material. State radio was also cut.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
US Secretary of State Blinken calls for immediate end to violence in SudanU.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Saturday he was deeply concerned about reports of escalating violence between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the country's main paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces, and called for an immediate end to hostilities.
Read more »
Sudan's army and rival force clash, wider conflict fearedFierce clashes between Sudan’s military and the country’s powerful paramilitary force have erupted in the capital and elsewhere in the African nation. The fighting raised fears of a wider conflict in the chaos-strickennation. In Khartoum on Saturday, the sound of heavy firing could be heard in a number of areas. In a series of statements, the Rapid Support Forces militia accused the army of attacking its forces at a base in south Khartoum. The RSF claimed it seized the city’s airport and “completely controlled” Khartoum’s Republican Palace. Tensions between the military and the RSF have escalated in recent months, forcing a delay in the signing of an internationally backed deal with political parties to revive the country’s democratic transition.
Read more »
Sudan paramilitaries clash with army in apparent coup bidA major confrontation between the Rapid Support Forces and the army could plunge Sudan into widespread civil conflict as it struggles with economic breakdown and tribal violence.
Read more »
Sudan’s army and rival force clash, wider conflict fearedFierce fighting erupted Saturday in Sudan’s capital between the military and the country’s powerful paramilitary force, raising fears of a wider conflict in the chaos-stricken country. A doctors’ group said at least three people were killed and dozens injured.
Read more »
Sudan paramilitaries clash with army in Khartoum and other citiesSudan's main paramilitary group RSF and the regular armed forces exchanged gunfire in Khartoum and elsewhere in the country on Saturday in an apparent struggle for control.
Read more »
Sudan’s Army and Rival Force Clash, Wider Conflict FearedFierce fighting erupted Saturday in Sudan’s capital between the military and the country’s powerful paramilitary force.
Read more »