Sudan: Clashes Between State Troops & Rapid Support Forces

Clashes between the Sudanese military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) erupted on April 15, with the epicenter in Khartoum, after weeks of deepening tensions between army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, commander of the country's Paramilitary Rapid Support Force (RSF).

Government forces accused the RSF of mutiny and launched airstrikes on their bases. The RSF claimed that after fighting with the regular army on April 15, they took control over several key facilities, including the presidential palace in the center of Khartoum, while the Sudanese Army denied they'd seized the presidential palace.

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Heavy smoke billows above buildings in the vicinity of the Khartoum airport on April 15, 2023.

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People run past a military vehicle in Sudan's capital city on April 15, 2023.

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Army soldiers deploy in Khartoum on April 15, 2023.

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Smoke rises from buildings as a tuktuk taxi driver sits in his vehicle along a deserted street in Sudan's capital on April 16, 2023.

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Smoke billows above residential buildings in Khartoum on April 16, 2023.

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Sudanese greet army soldiers, loyal to army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, in the Red Sea city of Port Sudan on April 16, 2023.

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Plumes of smoke are rising in the capital city.

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People carrying their belongings walk along a street in Sudan's capital.

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Smoke is rising from a neighborhood in Khartoum, Sudan, Saturday, April 15, 2023.

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Clouds of smoke are seen rising over Sudan's capital, Saturday, April 15, 2023.