Sudan rivals battle for key Khartoum army base
Heavy clashes continue around a strategic army base in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, as the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) fight amid raging conflict.
The army said in a statement posted on its Facebook page on Tuesday night that it repelled yet another attack by RSF fighters on the Armoured Corps military base in the Al-Shajara area, south of Khartoum, and inflicted heavy losses on the paramilitary force.
For its part, the RSF claimed to have taken control of parts of the base and captured large quantities of weaponry, in a statement it shared on Tuesday night on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter.
Saudi-funded Al Arabiya TV website reported that the army was still in control of the base after three days of heavy fighting.
Fighting between the two forces has intensified in recent days in the capital, Khartoum, and the adjacent cities of Omdurman and Bahri as well as parts of the conflict-hit western region of Darfur.
According to the UN, thousands of people have been killed and more than four million others displaced since the conflict broke out in mid-April. —BBC
