56 people killed in armed conflict in Sudan

During the clashes in Sudan, 56 civilians were killed, 595 people, including combatants, were injured, informs Reuters, citing the Union of Sudanese Doctors.

Dozens of servicemen were also killed, the agency said. Information on the exact number is not yet available.

Al Arabiya TV channel citing an unnamed representative of the Sudanese army informedthat it will take several days to defeat the Rapid Reaction Forces (RRF).

Last week in Sudan, it was planned to sign an agreement on the creation of a transitional civil authority in the country. The signing of the document was delayed due to the fact that the regular army and paramilitaries could not agree on integration. It was assumed that the RRF, led by General Mohammed Daglo, would enter the ranks of the army, but it was not determined how this process would take place and which body would control it.

April 15 SBR declared about taking control of two airports and the Khartoum Palace of the Republic – the presidential residence. As the reason for the clashes, the SBR called the fact that the regular army allegedly attacked them at one of the bases in the south of Khartoum. The Sudanese army also reports that RRF troops tried to attack its forces in the southern part of the capital. On the evening of April 15, Al Arabiya TV channel, citing a statement from the Sudan General Intelligence Service informedthat the chairman of the Transitional Sovereign Council of Sudan, the commander-in-chief of the army, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, issued a decree disbanding the SRF.

The rivalry between the army and the RRF arose during the reign of the former President of Sudan, Omar al-Bashir, who was overthrown in 2019. As RIA Novosti clarifies, the RRF previously reported personally to the ex-president.