01:33Hundreds of Muslims gathered at a local mosque in Khartoum on Friday to celebrate this year’s Eid al-Fitr, as the city continued to see clashes between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group.
Footage features locals greeting each other ahead of their prayers. Eid al-Fitr marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan where believers take part in dawn-to-sunset fasting each day.
A power struggle between the army, led by Sudan’s de facto ruler General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the RSF of deputy leader General 'Hemedti’ Mohamed Hamdan Dagolo, has been ongoing in recent years, although flared up last Saturday.
The number of civilian casualties has risen to 243 since the beginning of the conflict, with 1,335 injured, according to the Doctors’ Syndicate. 55 hospitals are reportedly out of action due to the fighting.
Sudan: Muslims gather at Khartoum mosque for Eid al-Fitr amid ongoing clashes between army, paramilitary forces
Hundreds of Muslims gathered at a local mosque in Khartoum on Friday to celebrate this year’s Eid al-Fitr, as the city continued to see clashes between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group.
Footage features locals greeting each other ahead of their prayers. Eid al-Fitr marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan where believers take part in dawn-to-sunset fasting each day.
A power struggle between the army, led by Sudan’s de facto ruler General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the RSF of deputy leader General 'Hemedti’ Mohamed Hamdan Dagolo, has been ongoing in recent years, although flared up last Saturday.
The number of civilian casualties has risen to 243 since the beginning of the conflict, with 1,335 injured, according to the Doctors’ Syndicate. 55 hospitals are reportedly out of action due to the fighting.
Hundreds of Muslims gathered at a local mosque in Khartoum on Friday to celebrate this year’s Eid al-Fitr, as the city continued to see clashes between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group.
Footage features locals greeting each other ahead of their prayers. Eid al-Fitr marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan where believers take part in dawn-to-sunset fasting each day.
A power struggle between the army, led by Sudan’s de facto ruler General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the RSF of deputy leader General 'Hemedti’ Mohamed Hamdan Dagolo, has been ongoing in recent years, although flared up last Saturday.
The number of civilian casualties has risen to 243 since the beginning of the conflict, with 1,335 injured, according to the Doctors’ Syndicate. 55 hospitals are reportedly out of action due to the fighting.