2023-04-16 08:40:55
16/4/2023–|Last updated: 4/16/202312:42 PM (Makkah Al-Mukarramah)
Clashes between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces entered their second day, as explosions erupted at dawn today, Sunday, near the Sports City, south of the capital, Khartoum, in light of ambiguity regarding the field conditions due to the conflicting statements of the two parties, and reports of 56 civilian deaths and 600 wounded.
After a first day that witnessed unprecedented confrontations, Al-Jazeera correspondent reported renewed clashes this morning between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces in separate parts of the Sudanese capital, Khartoum.
In the wake of a cautious calm that engulfed the capital during the night hours, the Al-Jazeera correspondent said that explosions sounded at dawn near the Sports City, south of the capital, while columns of smoke rose in the area, in conjunction with a state of ambiguity regarding the fate of the confrontations and the reality of the security situation in central Khartoum, with conflicting accounts between the army and the forces Quick support.
The most prominent conflicting accounts related to the situation in the General Command, where the political advisor to the Rapid Support Forces told Al-Jazeera: “We are still fighting from within the command and many officers have joined us.” However, the Sudanese army spokesman denied what he called the rebels’ allegations of the siege of the General Command in Khartoum.
Meanwhile, the army said it had taken control of the Rapid Support headquarters in Port Sudan, Kassala, Gedaref, Damazin, Kosti, Kadugli, and Karari, while the Rapid Support Forces said it had captured the Navy Tower at the General Command in Khartoum.
Al-Jazeera correspondent confirmed the occurrence of clashes between the army and the Rapid Support Forces in the vicinity of the army command and the airport in the city of El-Fasher, and local sources in Port Sudan told Al-Jazeera regarding clashes between the army and the Rapid Support Forces in the city in eastern Sudan.
withdrawal and closure
The Sudanese intelligence account and local accounts also published, via communication platforms, a video clip and pictures of the vehicles and military equipment left by the Rapid Support Forces following their withdrawal from the Shambat neighborhood in Khartoum. The video clips show military equipment and vehicles that the intelligence account said belonged to the Rapid Support Forces and were taken over by the Sudanese army.
Sudanese activists published video clips showing what they said were Sudanese army forces closing down Al-Hawa Street, leading to the headquarters of the Armored Corps, with tanks.
In Omdurman, the Sudanese army spokesman said that the armed forces took control of the headquarters of the Rapid Support Forces in Omdurman with all their equipment.
For its part, the Sudanese Armed Forces broadcast night footage of what it said was confirming its control of the radio and television headquarters in the Omdurman region, amid what it described as popular celebrations. This came following the Rapid Support Forces had announced their control of the headquarters earlier.
A military source told Al-Jazeera that the army took control of the Rapid Support headquarters in Kassala. Sudanese activists broadcast video clips of what they said was the Sudanese army’s control of military vehicles belonging to the Rapid Support Forces in the city of Kassala, eastern Sudan.
foreign airline
For its part, the Rapid Support Forces said that its positions in Port Sudan were attacked by foreign aircraft, and warned of the consequences of any foreign interference in the ongoing battles.
The Rapid Support Forces also broadcast night pictures that it said showed a fire that broke out in the army’s ground forces building in the capital, Khartoum.
Meanwhile, Sudan’s Central Doctors Committee said at least 56 civilians were killed and nearly 600 wounded across the country as a result of the fighting. The International Committee of the Red Cross in Sudan called on the warring parties to exercise restraint and respect their obligations under international humanitarian law.
The Sudanese Red Crescent expressed its readiness to evacuate civilians from the airport neighborhood if security conditions were available, while the Sudan Doctors Syndicate made an urgent appeal confirming the increasing number of injuries amid the lack of medical staff and the exhaustion of all teams working so far in hospitals.
Earlier, the head of the Sovereignty Council and army commander, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, said that the army may have to bring its forces into Khartoum if the fighting continues.
On the other hand, Muhammad Hamdan Dagalo (Hamidti), deputy head of the Sovereignty Council and commander of the Rapid Support Forces, told Al-Jazeera that his forces will not stop until following full control of all army sites.
In the most prominent international positions, the United States said that it had contacted countries with influence in Sudan for a cease-fire, called on the Security Council for an immediate cessation of hostilities, and said that it would discuss developments in the situation in an emergency closed session tomorrow, Monday, while the African Tripartite Mechanism said: She was unable to communicate with both sides of the conflict.
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