The Latest Breaking News from Khartoum

Clashes between Sudan's main paramilitary group and the armed forces on Saturday killed at least 25 people, a doctors' group said, in an apparent struggle for control amid the country's halting moves toward elections after a military coup.

General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, the head of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces, said he was ready to meet the army chief to de-escalate a rift between his RSF and the armed forces, mediators said on Friday. The army on Thursday warned of a possible confrontation between the two forces in the…

Tensions between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have peaked, with both sides resorting to military mobilization and counter-mobilization. International, regional, and domestic mediators from civil and armed factions have rushed to take urgent action to halt the mutual escalation and calm the situation before it worsens.…

The Sudanese army early on Thursday warned of what it described as a "mobilisation of forces and redeployment" by the powerful Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the capital Khartoum and other cities.

The United Nations Integrated Transition Support Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS) is concerned about public threats to assassinate its head, Volker Perthes, expressing concern on Tuesday about a request for a fatwa seeking to assassinate him. UNITMAS spokeswoman May Yaqoubi said in a press release that the mission is deeply concerned…

Below is a timeline of Sudan's political upheavals in recent years:

The US Ambassador to Sudan, John Godfrey, has survived a traffic accident in the center of Khartoum. Immediately upon discharge from the hospital, the Ambassador thanked "everyone for the many kind expressions of concern after the car accident" and the medical team that "took care of us after the accident."…

The Sudanese military and civilian parties that signed the framework political agreement are scheduled to finish developing a full-fledged draft of the final political agreement on Wednesday after including the outcomes of the security and military reform workshop into the deal. Army commanders, members of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF),…

The security and military reform workshops will start in Khartoum on Sunday to discuss the final phase of the ongoing political process in Sudan since the signing of the "framework agreement" last December. The workshop's recommendations will be included in the final political agreement drafted by the joint military and…

Analysts warn that the army and RSF’s respective quest to consolidate power could spark a wider conflict.

The leader of a powerful paramilitary force in Sudan has put himself at the forefront of a planned transition toward democracy, unsettling fellow military rulers and triggering a mobilisation of troops in the capital Khartoum last week.