The Moroccan Embassy in Khartoum has advised Moroccan citizens in Sudan to exercise caution and avoid areas of conflict to ensure their safety amid ongoing clashes in the country. The embassy has also instructed Moroccan citizens to adhere to directives issued by Sudanese authorities and avoid leaving their homes at present.
It has made a phone number available for all Moroccan citizens in Sudan to contact the embassy and receive necessary services. Additionally, the embassy has called on Moroccan citizens planning to travel to Sudan to postpone their trips for the time being.
The violence erupted in the Sudanese capital on Saturday as the regular army and paramilitaries exchanged attacks on each other’s bases, following weeks of escalating tension between military leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his second-in-command, paramilitary commander Mohamed Hamdan Daglo.
Witnesses reported “confrontations” and loud explosions and gunfire near a Rapid Support Forces (RSF) base in south Khartoum. The RSF claimed to have taken control of Khartoum airport and the presidential palace, though the army quickly denied these claims.
Analysts have said that a plan to integrate the RSF into the regular army is one of the main points of contention between Burhan and Daglo, and the details of the agreement have twice forced the postponement of the signing of a deal with civilian factions to outline a roadmap for the transition of power.
AFP reporters have heard gunfire and witnessed civilians running for cover as artillery exchanges rocked the streets. Troops have blocked off the bridges across the Nile that link Khartoum with Omdurman and Khartoum North, and the road to the presidential palace has also been sealed off.
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