The Sudanese military and a powerful paramilitary group fought for control of the nation for the second day, leading to the deaths of 61 people and injuring over 670.
This comes when one-third of Sudan's population, or 16 million people, require humanitarian assistance while top diplomats and the U.N. Security Council urge the sides to stop fighting.
- The rival forces are believed to have tens of thousands of fighters each in the capital alone.
- Top diplomats, including the U.S. Secretary of State, the U.N. secretary-general, the EU foreign policy chief, and the head of the Arab League, among others, urged the sides to stop fighting.
- The U.N. Security Council members called for an immediate end to hostilities.
- The clashes are part of a power struggle between Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, the armed forces commander, and Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, the head of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) group.
- They are former allies who jointly orchestrated an October 2021 military coup that derailed Sudan's short-lived transition to democracy.
- The recent tensions stem from disagreement over how the RSF, headed by Dagalo, should be integrated into the armed forces and what authority should oversee the process.
