As the death toll approaches 100, fighting has gripped the capital of Sudan for three days.

April 17, 2023



(cnn)

Intense and bloody fighting has gripped Sudan for a third day, as a violent tussle for power has left close to 100 people dead and hundreds more injured. Clashes first erupted Saturday between the country’s military and the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (RSF), led by Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, also known as Hemedti. Hemedti said Monday his group will pursue the leader of Sudan’s Armed Forces Abdel Fattah al-Burhan “and bring him to justice,” while Sudan’s army called on paramilitary fighters to defect and join the armed forces. Residents in the capital Khartoum endured sounds of artillery and bombardment by warplanes on Monday, with eyewitnesses telling CNN they heard mortars in the early hours. Amid the chaos, both parties to the fighting are working to portray a sense of control in the capital.

Sudan’s national state television channel came back on air on Monday, a day after going dark, and is broadcasting messages in support of the army. A banner on the channel said The Kafouri area, north of Khartoum, has seen clashes and street fights at dawn Monday, prompting residents to evacuate women and children from the area. In the Kalakla area, south of the capital, residents reported the walls of their houses shaking from explosions. Reports also emerged of battles hundreds of miles away in the eastern city of Port Sudan and the western Darfur region over the weekend. As of Monday, at least 97 people have been killed, according to the Preliminary Committee of Sudanese Doctors trade union.

The World Health Organization estimated more than 1,126 were injured, and the WHO warned that doctors and nurses are struggling to reach people in need of urgent care and are lacking essential supplies. Dagalo blamed the military for starting the conflict and claimed RSF had to keep fighting to defend themselves. Civilians have been warned to stay indoors, and access to information is limited, with the government-owned national TV channel now off the air.

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