Khartoum / Merowe — Reports of deaths, as well as rocket and gunfire have been confirmed throughout Sudan’s capital of Khartoum this morning. The escalating violence follows the now erupted tensions between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) commanded by Lt Gen Abdelfattah El Burhan and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) headed by Lt Gen Mohamed Hamdan ‘Hemeti’.
A video currently circulating on social media shows a man at Khartoum International Airport frantically stating that that two people died as a result of shelling. People in Khartoum have already shared images of the shelling destroying homes. Footage is also being shared widely of Sudanese fighter jets and combat helicopters deployed in the skies above the Sudan capital. Several foreign embassies have cautioned their citizens to stay indoors and keep out of the city centre.
The violence is reportedly spreading, within and…
