the paramilitaries claim to have taken control of the presidential palace

The rivalry between the two generals Mohamed Hamdane Daglo and the army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhane exploded. The Rapid Support Forces (FSR) of the first ensure, on Saturday April 15, control the presidential palace of Abdel Fattah al-Burhane, who has de facto ruled Sudan since a putsch in October 2021.

In his third “communicated to the people” in the morning, the paramilitary group claims to hold “the presidential palace”I’“Khartoum airport”as well as several others “bases in different provinces”. The FSR also call on residents to “join them” and affirm to the soldiers that they “Not targeting them, but their staff, which uses them to stay on its throne, even if it means putting the stability of the country at risk”.

“The army fulfills its duty to protect the homeland”

The two parties return the responsibility for the outbreak of fire. The FSR, which brings together former militiamen from the Darfur war, said they “surprises in the morning by the arrival of a large contingent of the army who besieged their camp in Soba”. The army, they again accused, “attacked with all kinds of heavy and light weapons”.

These attacks took place “in Khartoum and elsewhere in Sudan”said army spokesman General Nabil Abdallah. “There is fighting and the army is doing its duty to protect the homeland”he added. The army also ensures that the information issued by the FSRs is “lies”.