LIVE UPDATES: Moscow Calls on Sudanese Conflict Parties to Show Restraint, Impose Ceasefire
LIVE UPDATES: Moscow Calls on Sudanese Conflict Parties to Show Restraint, Impose Ceasefire
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A Sputnik correspondent earlier in the day reported hearing gunfire outside the RSF military base in Khartoum. Afterwards, RSF claimed that army soldiers had used "all kinds of heavy and light weapons" to strike its base near Khartoum.
The Presidential Palace and other critical locations are still under control, the Sudanese army stated on Saturday, despite the Rapid Support Forces' (RSF) claims to the contrary.
The army later announced that it was conducting airstrikes on the bases of the RSF near the capital of Khartoum. The fighter jets of Sudan's armed forces are currently carrying out an operation to stop the irresponsible actions of the RSF, the statement added.
Clashes broke out between the RSF and the army earlier in the day. The RSF has announced they have seized the Republican Palace lodging the Presidency in Khartoum, the international airport of Khartoum and an air base in the city of Merowe.
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16:44 15.04.2023
At least three dead as a result of clashes at the airport in the Sudanese capital Khartoum and in the city of El Obeid, Sudan Doctors Committee said
16:39 15.04.2023
Sudanese Armed Forces Call on RSF Officers to Join Army
The Sudanese Armed Forces are calling on soldiers and officers of the Rapid Support Force (RRF) to join the armed forces.
"Officers, sergeants and soldiers of the Rapid Reaction Force should join the armed forces and refrain from being a tool in this battle, fulfilling the illegal personal ambitions of their command," the statement said
16:35 15.04.2023
EU Urges Sides in Sudan to Cease Fire, Borrell Says
The European Union calls upon the sides to the conflict in Sudan to stop violence immediately, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Saturday.
"Alarming news of fighting in #Sudan. The EU calls on all forces to stop the violence immediately. An escalation will only aggravate the situation. Protection of citizens is a priority," Borrell said on Twitter.
He added that "all EU staff in the country is safe and accounted for."
15:19 15.04.2023
RSF Started Hostilities, Army Has Situation Under Control, Sudan's Leader al-Burhan Says
The ongoing armed conflict in Sudan was started by the RSF, which attacked the national army, but now the situation is under control, Chairman of the Sovereign Council of Sudan and the country's Armed Forces general Commander, Abdul Fattah al-Burhan, told Al Jazeera.
15:01 15.04.2023
Moscow Calls on Sudanese Conflict Parties to Show Restraint, Impose Ceasefire
Moscow calls on the parties to the hostilities taking place in the Sudanese capital Khartoum for restraint and a ceasefire, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
"We call on the parties to the conflict to show political will and restraint and take urgent steps towards a ceasefire," the statement reads.
14:59 15.04.2023
Saudi Airlines suspends all flights to and from Sudan until further notice after one of its planes was damaged at Khartoum International Airport, the airline's statement says
14:42 15.04.2023
Rapid Support Forces retain control over all their bases despite the Sudanese army statement, Deputy head of the Sovereign Council of Sudan and the RSF commander Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo told the media
14:32 15.04.2023
The UN envoy to Sudan, Volker Perthes, communicates with the Rapid Support Forces and the Sudanese army "to stop the fighting immediately", calling for the restoration of peace in the country
14:20 15.04.2023
Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit condemns use of arms in Sudan and calls for immediate ceasefire, statement says
13:59 15.04.2023
The army added that it controls the RSF camps in Merowe and Omdurman
13:54 15.04.2023
The Sudanese armed forces say they took under control the command of the Special Forces of the RSF "without resistance from its members, who declared their unwillingness to use them to achieve the personal goals and aspirations of their leadership."
