they do not want a democratic government. they do not want a democratic covernment. , ., ., government. they were part of that transition process. government. they were part of that transition process. after government. they were part of that | transition process. after committing the coup against the civilian government, they were part of negotiations with civilian activists, grassroots activist to try to get back to the tradition to transition to democracy. they stuck on something about which they are fighting now which is what happens to the two separate forces. how do you integrate them, should you integrate them, who would be in control if they were integrated? they did not like the proposals put forward by the mediators and turned on each other. criticism from the civilian led side says the international community should have punished the generals for carrying out that coup in the first place. what the americans have said is they were punished, economic aid stopped, the deb
both the army and its opponents, the rapid support forces, claimed they had control of the airport and other key sites in khartoum, where fighting continued overnight. the foreign ministers of saudi arabia, the uae and the united states, who ve been backing the civilian transition process, have issued a joint statement calling for a halt to military escalation and a return to the framework agreement. the sudanese telecom provider mtn says it s blocked internet services, following orders from the authorities. violence was reported around the country, with eyewitness accounts of sudanese army air strikes in the city of omdurman. the target is a base belonging to the rsf paramilitary group north east of the capital, khartoum. earlier, we werejoined by the bbc s emmanuel igunza from nairobi. this is the second day of heavy fighting between the national army and the paramilitary group, the rapid support forces. we do understand from witnesses,
you have this sudan armed forces than the national army essentially of the country pitted against the rapid support forces, which is kind of militia force that has emerged in the last few years been legitimized under the presidency of omar al bashir, essentially as a counterweight to the sudan armed forces, and what we re seeing now is the breakdown of a set of political talks that were going on. for the last few weeks between these two forces about how to integrate these forces into one new national army and how to reform that new national army to be responsive to civilian leaders, which is the ultimate goal of the transition process in sudan. um what we ve seen, though, in the last 48 hours is a complete breakdown of those political talks and now a standoff and even a reversion of fighting between these two essentially conventional armed forces. is there any incentive for these armed forces to give
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