French evacuee and 28-year-old PhD student Leila Oulkebous was out doing interviews for her thesis when fighting broke out nearby. The plan was derailed by the eruption of fighting between the regular army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Civilian groups have blamed groups loyal to Bashir of seeking to use conflict to find a way back to power. Some of Wednesday's heaviest battles were in Omdurman, a city adjoining Khartoum where the army was fighting RSF reinforcements from other regions of Sudan, a Reuters reporter said. Sudan's army took over in a coup two years after the toppling of Bashir.

Source: Ethiopian News April 26, 2023 09:27 UTC