In a symbolic gesture, Sudan’s top army general on Friday fired a paramilitary leader his former ally turned deadly rival as the deputy of the country’s governing body, state media reported. Clashes broke out between the Sudanese army and a rival paramilitary force, the Rapid Support Forces, after their leaders failed to agree…
In a symbolic gesture, Sudan's top army general on Friday fired a paramilitary leader - his former ally turned deadly rival - as the deputy of the country's governing body, state media reported.
Sudan's top army general fired Gen. Abdel Fattah Burhan, the former deputy of the country's governing body who is now a paramilitary leader, in a symbolic gesture.
CARIO In a symbolic gesture, Sudan’s top army general on Friday fired a paramilitary leader his former ally turned deadly rival as the deputy of the country’s governing body, state media reported. Clashes broke out between the Sudanese army and a rival paramilitary force, the Rapid Support Forces, after their leaders failed to agree on the terms of a deal handing power over to a civilian government last month. The dismissal by Gen. Abdel Fattah Burhan of RSF commander Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo from the Sovereignty Council comes as the fighting between the two generals threatens to unleash a raging civil war in the African country. The monthlong conflict has already killed at least 705 people, the World Health organization said Friday. The firing, reported by the state SUNA news agency, is unlikely to affect the battlefield where the warring sides appear locked in a stalemate and unwilling to end the hostilities. The paramilitary forces did not immediately comment. The co