At least 56 civilians killed amid army, paramilitary clashes in Sudan

A day after the fight broke out between Sudan's military and a government paramilitary force, a total of 56 civilians were killed and several injured in the clashes across Sudan.

According to the Central Committee of Sudan Doctors, 595 others were wounded in the clashes.

On Saturday, the clashes that erupted between the army and paramilitary forces gripped panic and fear in the communities.

The fighting continued overnight in the capital, Khartoum, were gunfires were dodged as the rival forces battled over the presidential palace.

Both the army and its opponents, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), claimed control of the airport and other key sites in Khartoum.

Gunshots were heard by eyewitnesses in Red Sea city of Port Sudan. 

Heavy artillery was heard in Omdurman, which adjoins Khartoum, and nearby Bahri in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Since the coup in 2021, generals have been running Sudan.

The fighting that erupt between the army units loyal to the de facto leader, Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the RSF, commanded by Sudan's deputy leader, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo also known as Hemedti, reported BBC.

Gen Dagalo said that his troops would keep fighting until all army bases were captured.