At least 59 people, including three U.N. workers, were killed in airstrikes on rival paramilitary forces' facilities on Sunday, witnesses claimed, as the Sudanese army looked to take the upper hand in a brutal power battle. The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), under the command of General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, also known as Hemedti, the deputy leader of the council, and army troops loyal to General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, head of Sudan's transitional governing Sovereign Council, erupted in conflict on Saturday. A dispute over the RSF's incorporation into the military as part of a transition towards civilian administration set off the first such outbreak since both joined forces to overthrow veteran Islamist tyrant Omar Hassan al-Bashir in 2019.

Key Points

• At least 59 people, including three U.N. workers, were killed in airstrikes on rival paramilitary forces' facilities on Sunday, witnesses claimed, as the Sudanese army looked to take the upper hand in a brutal power battle.

• A dispute over the RSF's incorporation into the military as part of a transition towards civilian administration set off the first such outbreak since both joined forces to overthrow veteran Islamist tyrant Omar Hassan al-Bashir in 2019.

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