Sudan: First Clashes Reported in Port Sudan Since Conflict Began

Harare — For the first time, the two opposing factions of the Sudanese military are now fighting in Port Sudan on the Red Sea, BBC reports.

The Forces of the Eastern Sudan Parties and Movements Alliance, a tribal militia organization, and Sudanese army engaged in gunfire exchanges, the first fighting in the strategic coastal city in more than five months of war.

Army head Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who is in charge of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces…