UPDATED. The clashes follow rising tensions between the army and the RSF over the integration of the RSF into the military and who should oversee the process.
KHARTOUM, Sudan – Sudan’s main paramilitary group said it had seized the presidential palace, the army chief’s residence and Khartoum international airport on Saturday, April 15, in an apparent coup attempt but the military said it was fighting back.
The clashes follow rising tensions between the army and the RSF over the integration of the RSF into the military and who should oversee the process. The disagreement has delayed the signing an internationally-backed agreement with political parties on a transition to democracy. The RSF is headed by former militia leader General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, better known as Hemedti. He has been deputy leader of Sudan’s ruling Sovereign Council, headed by army General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, since 2019.
The Sudanese armed forces spokesman told the Al Jazeera Mubasher television station that the army would respond to any “irresponsible” actions, as its forces clashed with the RSF in Khartoum and elsewhere in the country.
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