The situation in Sudan is still unstable as a paramilitary group led by Mohamed Hamdan "Hemeti" Dagalo, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), attempts to overthrow Abdel Fattah al Burhan, the leader of the military junta. It is unclear whether this attempt will be successful. Both were already responsible for the October 25, 2021 coup d'état that halted Sudan's transition to democracy, which had started when Omar Al Bashir was ousted from power after 30 years in office. They condemned the coup and the Sudanese reacted vehemently; the crackdown on the military coup plotters resulted in hundreds of fatalities and injuries.
The RSF has declared that they have taken over the presidential palace, suffered severe casualties from the regular army, and are on the verge of taking over Khartoum Airport. Army sources, though, refute this. For several days, there had been a great deal of friction between the army, acting on Al Burhan's orders, and the RSF paramilitaries. And this morning, a regular force attack against the RSF-held base of Soba, south of Khartoum, which has been under their control for a few days, started. The fighting soon expanded to other military installations in the nation as well as to Khartoum's city center, especially around the presidential palace. Months of negotiations had gone by without a clear outcome on the transfer of power to civilians. The RSF, which was founded by former members of the janjaweed militias and was to get backing from Russia and the Wagner organization, was to be integrated into the army. This was a crucial issue.