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- Sudan’s army chief branded the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) a rebellious group and ordered it be dissolved as the paramilitary group continued battling the army in the capital and across the country for a third day.
- Explosions rocked Khartoum on Monday, with the death toll rising to more than 180 people and residents hunkering down in their homes, reporting electricity outages and looting incidents.
- The United Nations envoy on Sudan, Volker Perthes, said the two sides were “not giving the impression that they want mediation for a peace between them” immediately.
- The clashes are part of a power struggle between army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the head of the RSF group, General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo.
- The two generals are former allies who jointly orchestrated an October 2021 military coup that halted Sudan’s transition to democratic rule and elections.