Despite the army’s agreement to a 7-day truce, violent clashes broke out in central Khartoum today (Thursday) between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces, and according to Sudanese sources, the battles are the fiercest since the start of the conflict.
The sources said: “Explosions sounded in the vicinity of the Republican Palace and the General Command, and warplanes were seen flying in the sky, indicating that the battles extended to Omdurman and Khartoum Airport.” Khartoum North and Omdurman were intercepted by the Rapid Support Forces’ air defenses, noting that the sounds of cannons and powerful explosions were concentrated in the center of Khartoum with columns of smoke rising. The two sides exchanged accusations, and the Sudanese army said in a statement that its forces clashed with the Rapid Support Forces who tried to attack the leadership of Bahri Military District, indicating that these forces received a decisive punishment and dispersed between dead, wounded and fugitives, and destroyed a number of combat vehicles of the rebels and received 5 vehicles left by the enemy on the battlefield. Until the arrival of the specialized technical teams to withdraw and deal with them. On the other hand, the Rapid Support Forces accused the army of violating the declared humanitarian truce and attacking its forces in a number of its stationed locations. For his part, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, expressed his regret at the failure of the organization to stop the war in Sudan, indicating That Sudan cannot tolerate a power struggle between two people.The government of South Sudan had announced the agreement of the Sudanese army commander, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, and the Rapid Support Commander, Muhammad Hamdan Daglo, “Hamidti”, in principle, on a new 7-day truce that begins Thursday, and to name their representatives to engage in peace negotiations.
