By Frank Kamuntu
Sudan’s army said that the African nation’s de-facto leader Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, survived an assassination attempt after two drones struck an army base in the country’s east. As per the Sudanese military, the drone attack took place on Wednesday, following a graduation ceremony in the base which was attended by Gen. Abdel.
The army stated that at least five people were killed and several others were injured in the attack which rocked the town of Gebeit. The Sudanese army spokesman, Nabil Abdallah, told the BBC that General al-Burhan had survived an assassination attempt and blamed the attack on the Rapid Support Forces, the paramilitary group that has been battling the army for power for the past 15 months.
In a post on X, formally known as Twitter, the Sudanese military shared a video purportedly showing him attending a burial ceremony of those who were killed in the attack, in Port Sudan. However, the army did not mention whether the Sundanese general was injured in the attack or not.
As of now, no group has claimed responsibility for the strikes, however, the country’s paramilitary is yet to deny that they were behind the attack. The war between, General al-Burhan and his rival, Lt. Gen. Mohamed Hamdan, who led the Rapid Support Forces, has left the country in complete shambles.
The tussle between the two has led to the deaths of 18,000 people. Not only this, according to the latest report by the United Nations, at least 10 million people have been driven from their homes due to the increasing violence and the country’s 48 million people are facing hunger.
In the past, both the army and the paramilitary group have both used drones in the war. Some of these drones have reportedly been supplied by the group’s foreign allies such as Iran or the United Arab Emirates. The paramilitary group has been ramping up its attacks against the army as they dominate the capital, Khartoum.
The RSF has also clashed with the army in El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, and in the southeastern state of Sennar.
The two groups were allies in the past who jointly cracked down on Sudan’s pro-democracy forces after a popular revolt forced out the country’s longtime dictator, Omar Hassan al-Bashir. However, the leaders of the two groups had a fall out over who should hold supreme power in the country and how swiftly their forces should merge into a single army.
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