Satellite tv for pc photographs displaying a smoke plume in Khartoum Airport and Soba Camp.
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Supply: Satellite tv for pc photographs by Planet Labs, captured on Saturday morning
The New York Instances
Preventing raged throughout the capital of Sudan for a second day on Sunday. The lethal clashes broke out on Saturday when rising tensions between rival factions of the army turned violent. By Sunday morning, it was unclear who was in command of the nation. Greater than 50 civilians have been useless and a whole lot injured, principally within the capital, Khartoum.
Right here’s what movies present concerning the preventing and what we all know concerning the areas of the violence.
Clashes in Khartoum
A map of areas the place preventing has been reported in Sudan
Supply: The New York Instances reporting (areas of preventing), OpenStreetMap (Base map), Sentinel-2 ESRI (Constructed areas)
The New York Instances
Preventing started at a army base earlier than spreading to different important websites all through Khartoum. Fighter jets thundered overhead at low altitudes, residents sheltered at residence and international embassies urged nationals to stay indoors.
Issam Khalafalla by way of Related Press
Movies from Khartoum’s worldwide airport confirmed civilian plane on hearth and passengers ducking for canopy. Saudi Arabian Airways mentioned certainly one of its planes was broken by gunfire whereas getting ready for a scheduled flight to Riyadh.
On Sunday, preventing in Khartoum was happening in the midst of residential areas the place the 2 sides have places of work and bases, placing civilians additional in danger. Residents reported that loud explosions shook their houses early Sunday morning.
Two teams are vying for management of the nation: The Sudanese Military led by Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the Fast Help Power, a robust paramilitary group led by Lt. Gen. Mohamed Hamdan. The generals united to take seize of the nation in a coup in 2021, however they’ve publicly fallen out in current months.
Forces from each teams have been seen in social media video out of Khartoum.
The Central Committee of Sudanese Medical doctors urged medical doctors and surgeons to report back to the closest hospital, saying they have been dealing with numerous important circumstances.
Elsewhere in Sudan
By Saturday night, preventing had unfold far past Khartoum. Whereas it was too early to inform if Sudan was tumbling into civil battle, some folks instructed The New York Instances that the broad geographic vary of the preventing made it really feel that means.
Deaths from violence have been reported at a camp for displaced folks within the North Darfur area close to El Fasher on Sunday.
A map of areas the place preventing has been reported in Sudan
In Sudan’s capital, preventing unfold to the presidential palace and the worldwide airport
In Sudan’s capital, preventing unfold to the presidential palace and the worldwide airport
Supply: The New York Instances reporting (areas of preventing), OpenStreetMap (Base map)
The New York Instances
On Saturday evening, the Fast Help Power claimed on Twitter that it managed many of the nation’s army installations, together with an airport in El Geneina.
However such claims of management have been disputed and inconceivable to confirm. Either side have mentioned they management key installations throughout the nation, and all sides accuses the opposite of staging a coup.
Smoke rises in Omdurman, close to Halfaya Bridge, in northern Khartoum.
Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/Reuters
