PORT SUDAN: Explosions were heard near the army-controlled Sudanese capital Khartoum on Friday, witnesses told AFP, a day after the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces said they agreed to a humanitarian truce.
Following the RSF’s capture of El-Fasher, the army’s last major stronghold in western Darfur, less than two weeks ago, the paramilitaries appear to be shifting their focus eastward toward Khartoum and the oil-rich Kordofan region.
Khartoum has seen relative calm since the regular army regained control this year, but the RSF — at war with the army since April 2023 — has continued its attacks in several regions, targeting both military and civilian sites.
A resident in Omdurman, part of the greater Khartoum area, told AFP on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisal, that they were awoken “around 2 am (0000 GMT) by the sound of... explosions near the Wadi Sayidna military base.”
Another resident said they “heard a drone overhead around 4 am before an explosion struck near” a power station, causing an outage in the area.
