Rockets fired by paramilitaries hit a key air force base in the North of Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, on Thursday, according to eyewitnesses.
The rockets strike reportedly killed and wounded “dozens” of soldiers.
Residents reported “heavy artillery shelling” and fighter jets overhead the northwest of the city, while drones belonging to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces attacked the Wadi Seidna air base, witnesses told AFP.
The RSF said in a statement it had “destroyed three fighter jets, as well as stores of weapons, military equipment and supplies,” adding that its forces had “killed or wounded dozens”.
Since 15 April, Sudanese army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has been locked in a war with his former deputy, RSF commander Mohamed Hamdan Daglo.
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The fighting — concentrated in Khartoum and the western region of Darfur — has killed more than 3,900 people and displaced more than 3.3 million.
In West Darfur, witnesses said Thursday that “Arab militias supported by the RSF” had attacked the town of Serba, where local media said the ongoing onslaught — which began on Tuesday — had left civilians dead and houses burned.
Residents of Nyala, the capital of South Darfur, reported “violent clashes” between the army, which currently controls the city’s north, and the RSF, which holds the south.
The violence in Darfur has triggered a new investigation by the International Criminal Court into alleged war crimes.