Khartoum - On Sunday, the Sudanese military launched a series of airstrikes on a paramilitary base near the capital city of Khartoum, leading to a clash between the government and the military. Eyewitnesses reported that after the attack on the paramilitary bases, the military went on to strike a government paramilitary base called the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the city of Omdurman. This led the RSF to seize several key locations, including the presidential palace, army chief's residence, state television station, and airports in Khartoum, Merowe, El Fasher, and West Darfur state.The clash resulted in the deaths of at least 56 people and heavy wounds for around 600 others.

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The Sudanese air force advised people to stay indoors while it conducted an aerial survey of RSF activity. As a result, a holiday was declared in Khartoum state on Sunday, closing schools, banks, and government offices. The army-RSF rivalry dates back to the rule of former President Omar al-Bashir, who was ousted in 2019. Under his rule, the paramilitary force grew out of former militias known as the Janjaweed that carried out a brutal crackdown in Sudan's Darfur region during the decades of conflict there.

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In a rare televised speech on Thursday, a top army general warned of potential clashes with the paramilitary force, accusing it of deploying forces in Khartoum and other areas of Sudan without the army's consent. The RSF defended the presence of its forces in an earlier statement. The recent faceoff between the government and the military is an attempt by the latter to reassert its power in the country.