Tension in Khartoum as gunfire continues

(3 May 2023)

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Khartoum , Sudan - 02 May 2023
1. Wide of members of the Sudan's police reserve force in a central street in the south of the capital city, Khartoum. UPSOUND: Gunfire. Some appear to be firing their weapons.
2. Wide of police reserve forces in the street, UPSOUND: Call to prayer, Gunfire.
3. Moving shot of forces leaving in the back of pickup trucks.
4. Wide of forces leaving in the back of pickup trucks. UPSOUND: Call to prayer, gunfire.
5. Various of Khartoum skyline, plumes of black smoke.

STORYLINE:
Fighting continued in and around Sudan's capital Khartoum on Wednesday.

In a video shot on Tuesday, military were seen out in force on the streets and the sounds of heavy gunfire could be heard in the background in a neighbourhood in the south of the capital, Khartoum.

There were increasing signs of lawlessness in many of the city's neighbourhoods, with reports that diplomatic facilities were being targeted.

Armed men stormed the building housing the office of Saudi Arabia’s cultural attaché in Sudan, the kingdom said Wednesday.

A statement on the state-run Saudi Press Agency said an armed group “destroyed equipment and cameras, seized some of attaché‘s property and disrupted the attaché’s systems and servers.”

The battle for control of Sudan erupted on April 15, after months of escalating tensions between the military, led by Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, and a rival paramilitary group called the Rapid Support Forces, commanded by Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo.

Other nations have tried to convince the two generals to stop the fighting and come to the negotiating table.

The government of South Sudan, which officially split from Sudan in 2011, said Tuesday that the two rival generals have agreed in “principle” on a weeklong cease-fire starting on Thursday, and on engaging in peace talks. The statement did not elaborate on the possible venue or timing for the talks.

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