On Saturday, seven civilians were killed in indiscriminate shelling in the city of Omdurman, Sudan.
Meanwhile, the Army Chief, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, has embarked on consultation rounds with the aim of establishing an emergency government in Sudan.
Local media outlets have quoted Sudanese sources affirming that General Burhan, amidst his ongoing inspection visits to various military zones within and outside the central capital area, has commenced consultations with military and political leaders to form an emergency government tasked with managing the nation’s affairs.
In contrast, Yasser Arman, a leader in the “Forces of Freedom and Change,” cautioned against the formation of a caretaker government in Port Sudan, located in the eastern part of the country, warning that this could potentially prolong the duration of the conflict.
Simultaneously, the US Ambassador to Khartoum, John Godfrey, characterized the warring factions in Sudan as “unfit to govern” and urged them to cease armed conflict and transfer power to a civilian transitional government.
On a different note, Mustafa Mohammed Ibrahim, an advisor to the Rapid Support Forces commander, regarded General Burhan’s departure from the General Command Headquarters of the Army as an evasion from the field and a triumph for the Rapid Support Forces.
Ibrahim asserted that Burhan found himself facing two choices: “Either he meets his end or he escapes, and he chose to leave Khartoum to protect himself,” he expressed.
In the field, clashes reignited as heavy artillery belonging to the Sudanese army targeted several positions held by the Rapid Support Forces in Khartoum and Omdurman.
Concurrently, extensive aerial movements of the army’s aircraft were witnessed in the south and east, encountering anti-aircraft fire from the Rapid Support Forces in the southeastern regions of the city.
Additionally, the Rapid Support Forces launched rocket shells from their bases in Khartoum Bahri towards what is believed to be locations affiliated with the Sudanese army in the heart of Omdurman.
Earlier, the Sudanese army had reported 7 civilian deaths and several injuries as a result of indiscriminate shelling carried out by the Rapid Support Forces in the Am Bada area of Omdurman.
