Air strikes hit Sudanese cities despite truce talks
Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the head of the Sudanese army, and Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, the commander of the RSF, jointly launched a coup in 2021. However, they are currently engaged in a power struggle, destroying expectations of a change to civilian rule.
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Despite ceasefire negotiations taking place in Saudi Arabia, Sudanese military fighter jets are still conducting airstrikes in the country's capital Khartoum and the nearby cities of Bahri and Omdurman.
The army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are engaged in ground combat in the central Bahri neighborhoods of Shambat and Halfiya.
The struggle in Halfiya appears to be over control of a crucial bridge that is now held by the RSF, while the action in Shambat is taking place close to a sizable army base.
People are hiding in their homes because they are so afraid of the fighting.
Even though an unnamed Saudi official told the AFP news agency that "no major progress" has been made thus far, many people remain optimistic that the discussions in Saudi Arabia - the first between the warring factions - may result in a ceasefire.
In the meantime, the army has taken custody of two pro-democracy activists in Bahri on the grounds that they were RSF supporters.
Their coworkers have urged that they be released immediately because the accusations against them are untrue.
Since the battle began on April 15, neighborhood resistance committees, established to advocate for democracy in Sudan, have been crucial in supplying locals with humanitarian relief.
