On Friday, Burhan visited the Atbara artillery base, north of Khartoum in the River Nile state, where he met with local officers. On April 15, heavy fighting erupted between Sudan's army and the paramilitary Rapid Response Forces (RSF) in Khartoum after weeks of tensions building between the two sides. This army is the army of the fatherland and there is no side or party that has power over it," Burhan stressed. Last Thursday, the United States imposed sanctions on two companies, including one based in Russia, in addition to Karti, accusing them of deepening instability in Sudan. Armed clashes between the Sudanese army and the RSF had resumed on Saturday in several areas of Khartoum.
