the paramilitary group the rapid support forces came to that agreementjust hours before a previous ceasefire was due to expire. despite these agreements, clashes have been reported with gunshots heard and fighterjets seen in parts of the country. our correspondent paul adams has more on the origins of the conflict. khartoum obviously was the focus of that popular revolt backin focus of that popular revolt back in 2019, which was, you know, the thing that brought to an end 30 years of alba ts s power. it was followed by a terrible massacre of demonstrators in the aftermath of president 0mar al bashir s alistair but it has not seen the kind of all out military conflict that it is witnessing. what happened in so many other parts of sudan and is now, has now come to the city. it is a real shock for the civilians of
heard explosions. yeah, we re safe now, because there is no war here at all. meanwhile, un officials say they are worried about a further breakdown of law and order in sudan. several former government officials suspected of war crimes have been able to leave prison in khartoum, including close allies of deposed president 0mar al bashir. bbc africa s ferdinand 0mondi reports. there have also been reports of prison breaks, including an ally close to the ousted president, al bashir who told that some of his allies and he have escaped because of a lack of food, water and treatment. 0mar albashir himself, the military says, was transferred to a military hospital before the flare up began, so he remains in custody. the united nations continues
several former government officials suspected of war crimes have been able to leave prison in khartoum, including close allies of deposed president 0mar al bashir. earlier i spoke to nureldin satti, a former sudanese ambassador to the us, and began by asking him about that. iam i am extremely worried. i am extremely worried, i m extremely worried, because the statement that was made by the man indicted by the icc, the former governor, in the case that they are going to engage in the ongoing war between the two factions, he said we are going to fight, in order to put an end to the rebellion,
we heard lots of gunshots while we were in the house, but we were safe. well, we were only a little safe. and, like, we also heard explosions. yeah, we re safe now, because there is no war here at all. meanwhile, un officials say they are worried about a further breakdown of law and order in sudan. several former government officials, suspected of war crimes, have been able to leave prison in khartoum, including close allies of deposed president, 0mar al bashir. bbc africa s ferdinand 0mondi reports. they have also been reports of prison breaks, including an ally close to the ousted president, alba cher who told that some of his allies and he have escaped because of a lack of food, water and treatment. 0mar alba cher himself, the military says, was transferred to a military hospital before the flare up began, so he remains in custody. the united
and they were used, instrumental iced by 0mar al bashir to do some of that fighting. and later in 2013, when president 0mar al bashir became nervous about his own position and the loyalty of his own sudanese armed forces, he formalised the position of the rapid support forces, if you like, as a sort of counterbalancing effort and since then they have both been in existence and the rapid support forces have expanded their presence across the whole of sudan. they have been shadowing, if you like, the sudanese armed forces across sudan. wherever the sudanese armed forces had a base or presence, the rapid support forces established a base as well. in a nutshell, that s who they are. they are described as a militia, paramilitary, but really since 2013 you could say they have had some very official status as