Airstrikes, gunfire and artillery have rocked Khartoum, Sudan’s capital, since clashes between the two sides began there on April 15. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken called for a cease-fire earlier this week that would enable aid to be delivered. The two sides had agreed to halt the violence for 24 hours beginning Tuesday, but that truce failed almost immediately. Since then, tensions have mounted over a brittle power-sharing agreement that was brokered to usher in a transition to democracy. The ongoing fighting is part of a long-running contest for supremacy between two powerful parties to that agreement—and one-time allies.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 21, 2023 18:30 UTC