Sudan's military warned Thursday of potential clashes with the country's powerful paramilitary force, which it said deployed troops in the capital of Khartoum and other cities.
Tensions between the military and the paramilitary, known as Rapid Support Forces or RSF, have escalated in recent months, forcing a delay in the signing of an internationally backed deal with political parties to revive the country's democratic transition.
The latest tensions between the army and the paramilitary stem from a disagreement over how the RSF should be integrated into the military -- a key condition of an unsigned transition deal for Sudan. The army-RSF rivalry, however, dates back to the rule of autocratic President Omar al-Bashir, who was ousted in 2019.
Although both the army and the RSF together carried out a coup in October 2021 that upended Sudan's transition to democracy, friction between them became increasingly visible in recent months, with conflicting public statements, heavy military presence in Khartoum and parallel foreign trips by military and RSF leaders.
According to Kholood Khair, founder and director of Confluence Advisory, a think tank in Khartoum, tensions between the army and the RSF are at an all-time high and Thursday's military's statement just fell "short of accusing the RSF of committing an act of rebellion."Many took to social media to express their concerns.
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