IN PICS | Sudan continues to burn amid clashes
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Image Source : APSmoke is seen rising from Khartoum's skyline, Sudan, Sunday, April 16, 2023.
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The Sudanese military and a powerful paramilitary group battled for control of the chaos-stricken nation for a second day.
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Heavy fighting involving armored vehicles, truck-mounted machine guns and war planes raged in the capital of Khartoum and other regions.
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The clashes are part of a power struggle between General Abdel-Fattah Burhan, the commander of the armed forces, and General Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, the head of the Rapid Support Forces group.
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The two generals are former allies who jointly orchestrated an October 2021 military coup that derailed Sudan’s short-lived transition to democracy.
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In Khartoum and Omdurman, fighting was reported around the military headquarters, Khartoum International Airport and state television headquarters.
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Top diplomats, including the U.S. Secretary of State, the U.N. secretary-general, the EU foreign policy chief, the head of the Arab League and the head of the African Union Commission urged the sides to stop fighting.
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Several Arab states with stakes in Sudan including Qatar, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates made similar appeals.