Visit our website:
http://www.france24.com
Like us on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/FRANCE24.English
Follow us on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/France24_en
Category
🗞
NewsTranscript
00:00 Smoke billowed into the sky of the Sudanese capital Khartoum on Tuesday morning, as a
00:07 large explosion went off, momentarily interrupting a broadcast on Pan-Arab channel Al Arabiya.
00:14 Fighting between rival factions, the National Army and the RSF paramilitary group is now
00:19 in its fourth day.
00:21 Scores of civilians and fighters have been killed and injured.
00:25 As the fighting rages on, many residents are trapped at home.
00:28 "The last few days have been pretty much all of us just staying inside, indoors, and trying
00:35 to keep our sanity intact.
00:38 Bombardments usually start around 4 a.m. and they continue on for a few hours, but today
00:45 they haven't stopped.
00:46 I don't know if you can hear from the background, but this has been the story for the past four
00:52 days."
00:53 On Tuesday morning, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that a US embassy convoy
00:58 had come under fire.
01:00 It's not an isolated incident.
01:02 On Monday, the European Union said that its envoy to Sudan was assaulted in his residence.
01:08 As the fighting rages, international heavyweights including the US and Egypt have sought to
01:13 bring the two parties together.
01:16 "We're ready to mediate with our brothers in Sudan in order to reach a truce and have
01:21 negotiations.
01:23 This is still standing.
01:24 Our contact with the Sudanese army and the rapid support forces is ongoing."
01:33 Despite the appeals, the Sudanese military promised in a statement issued late on Monday
01:37 night to widen the scope of its operations against the RSF paramilitary group.