hello, i m lukwesa burak. welcome to bbc news. there has been gunfire and explosions in sudan s capital khartoum as the sudanese army clashes with paramilitary forces. witnesses report the fighting is close to the army headquarters in the centre of the city. smoke has been seen rising from khartoum airport and there are reports of clashes near the presidential palace. the two sides are in dispute over who governs the country. sudan has been run by the military since a coup in october 2021. international leaders have urged the two sides to return to talks aimed at returning the country to civilian rule. the us secretary of state antony blinken described the situation as fragile, and suggested forces opposed to a return to civilian rule were responsible for the fighting. we want to just play you what happened on sudanese state tv. the newsreader briefly appeared talking about clashes, but listen carefully and you can hear gunshots in the background. repeated gunfire. that was g
hello, i m lukwesa burak. sudan s army has claimed it s in control of the airport and presidential palace in khartoum after a day of fighting with paramilitary forces. at least 3 people are reported to have died in the clashes. the two sides are in dispute over who governs the country. sudan has been run by the military since a coup in october 2021. international leaders have urged a return to talks which are meant to restore civilian rule. the us secretary of state antony blinken has described the situation as fragile. we want to just play you what happened on sudanese state tv. the newsreader briefly appeared talking about clashes, but listen carefully and you can hear gunshots in the background. gunshots as you see, the picture then froze and a short while the broadcast suddenly cut off. so what s causing the tensions in sudan? at the centre of the dispute are the rapid support forces, a paramilitary group, headed by general mohamed hamdan dagalo, effectively the country
sudan s army has claimed it s in control of the airport and presidential palace in khartoum after a day of fighting with paramilitary forces. at least 3 people are reported to have died in the clashes. the two sides are in dispute over who governs the country. sudan has been run by the military, since a coup in october 2021. international leaders have urged a return to talks which are meant to restore civilian rule. the uk foreign secretaryjames cleverly said the violence must stop and called on the sudanese leadership to do all they can to restrain their troops. the us secretary of state, anthony blinken, has described the situation as fragile. major parties in khartoum some weeks ago reached a very important framework agreement on how to proceed with a transition to civilian government. and there s been real progress in trying to move that forward. i spoke to general burhan just a couple of days ago on that very topic. and there are still some remaining, important remaini
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