KHARTOUM - In a deadly power struggle with opposing paramilitary forces, the Sudanese army looked to take the upper hand on Sunday, bombarding their bases with air strikes, according to witnesses.

According to one doctor's group, since the conflict in Sudan began, at least 97 civilians have died and 365 have been injured.

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.

This conflict, which was the first of its kind since both sides banded together to overthrow veteran Islamist tyrant Omar Hassan al-Bashir in 2019, was brought on by divergent views on how the RSF should be incorporated into the military as part of the country's transition to civilian administration.

According to the U.N. mission in Sudan, Burhan and Hemedti agreed to a three-hour cease-fire in hostilities from 4 p.m. local time (1400 GMT to 1700 GMT) to enable for humanitarian evacuations. However, the agreement was mostly disregarded after a brief period of relative calm.

As dusk set, locals in the Kafouri area of Bahri, which hosts an RSF installation and is located across the Nile river from the capital Khartoum, reported hearing artillery booms and warplane roars.

According to eyewitnesses who spoke to Reuters, the army was resuming airstrikes against RSF bases in Omdurman, Khartoum's sister city over the Nile, and the nearby Bahri neighborhoods of Kafouri and Sharg El-Nil, forcing RSF members to flee.

The U.N. Security Council, the European Union, the African Union, and the United States have all called for an immediate end to the hostilities that have the potential to exacerbate instability in a wider region that is already unstable.

On Sunday, neighbors and regional organizations stepped up their efforts to put an end to the violence. The office of Kenyan President William Ruto posted on Twitter that Egypt has offered to mediate the dispute between the warring factions in Sudan and that the Intergovernmental Authority on Development of the regional African bloc intends to dispatch the presidents of Kenya, South Sudan, and Djibouti as soon as feasible.

Rising tensions over the RSF's incorporation into the military were the cause of the fighting that broke out over the weekend. The signature of an international agreement with political parties on a transition to democracy following a military coup in 2021 has been postponed due to disagreement on the timeline for that.

In central Khartoum, the army claimed that fighting was still going on and that RSF soldiers had set up sniper positions on nearby buildings. Earlier on Sunday, Reuters was informed by witnesses and locals that the army had conducted airstrikes on RSF outposts and barracks in the Khartoum region, managing to destroy the majority of the paramilitaries' infrastructure. They also took back from the RSF a large portion of Khartoum's presidential palace. RSF members continued to be in Khartoum International Airport under army siege, although the army refrained from attacking them to prevent causing serious damage.

Thousands of heavily armed RSF members have been placed by the Sudanese government into neighborhoods in Khartoum and other cities, and no one is in a position to manage them. Residents and witnesses are afraid that they may run out of food, water, and medication for their diabetic father. energizing abilities Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have tried to influence Sudanese events because they believe that Bashir's ouster will reduce Islamist influence and increase regional stability.

They have also sought investments in industries like agriculture, where Sudan has enormous potential, and ports along the Red Sea coast of Sudan.

According to the Sudanese Doctors' Union, since the violence started, at least 97 civilians have died and 365 have been hurt. Since the conflict started, at least 56 civilians have died and 595 people, including fighters, have been injured, according to a previous report from the Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors. After three Sudanese employees were killed during conflict in North Darfur and a WFP jet was hit during a fire battle at Khartoum airport, the U.N. World Food Programme temporarily ceased all operations in Sudan's hungry regions. Antonio Guterres, secretary-general of the UN, denounced the murders and demanded justice. Mr. Volker Perthes, a U.N.

The United Nations and other humanitarian facilities have reportedly been targeted for theft and shelling, according to the special envoy for Sudan. In separate phone talks with Burhan and Hemedti, Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan bin Al-Saud demanded that the military escalation stop, according to Saudi state media on Sunday. The minister supported the calm-call issued by Riyadh.

Sudan stated that a settlement should be reached internally by the Sudanese people without outside involvement. The army instructed soldiers who were RSF secondees to report to adjacent army units, which could cause a reduction in RSF strength. Military commander Burhan was labeled a "criminal and a liar" by RSF leader Hemedti. After RSF forces stormed the main state broadcaster building in Omdurman and began airing pro-RSF programs, state television halted its transmission on Sunday afternoon to stop RSF propaganda broadcasts.