More than 50 killed in violent clashes in Sudan

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More than 50 killed in violent clashes in Sudan

Khartoum, Sudan (Horn Observer) At least 56 people have been killed as Sudan's armed forces battled the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) for control of the country, according to the Sudanese Doctors' Union as the fighting spreads ot

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Students trapped inside their school as fhghting in the Sudanese capital intensifies.

Khartoum, Sudan (Horn Observer) At least 56 people have been killed as Sudan's armed forces battled the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) for control of the country, according to the Sudanese Doctors' Union as the fighting spreads other cities across the country.

Cost of war: Students of Comboni school which is located on Qasr street are trapped and can’t get back to their families. The school lies close to the presidential palace, a fighting zone. It’s horrifying to think of what they’re going through. #Sudan pic.twitter.com/GCxDGylGuC
— Hiba Morgan (@hiba_morgan) April 15, 2023

"595 people were wounded in the fighting that broke out on Saturday" the Doctors union said as reported by Radio Tamazuj.

Fighting continued well into the night in the capital Khartoum and other parts of the country after months of tensions erupted between two rival military leaders.

The sound of heavy weapons could be heard as the military urged Sudanese to remain inside their homes. Schools, banks and government offices would be closed on Sunday.

Students of Comboni school which is located on Qasr street are trapped and can’t get back to their families. The school lies close to the presidential palace, a fighting zone.

Both sides claim they control key airports and other installations.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres spoke to the military leader Abdel-Fattah Burhan and RSF leader General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, calling for an immediate end to violence and a return to dialogue.

Burhan overthrew long-term ruler Omar al-Bashir in April 2019. Eighteen months later, the military and the RSF staged a second coup, upending a transition to democracy.

Disagreements between Burhan and Dagalo over the planned integration of the RSF into the regular army have now turned into open conflict.

The armed forces, on its Facebook page, declared Dagalo a "wanted criminal" and the RSF a "rebel militia," saying there "will be no negotiations or talks until the dissolution" of the group.