Airstrikes hit Khartoum as fighting between Sudanese factions intensifies

Rapid Support Forces claim to have captured 700 soldiers at base during new battles in and around capital

Airtrikes and artillery fire shook much of Sudan's capital, Khartoum, and its neighbouring cities on Tuesday as fighting between the country's warring factions intensified sharply.

New battles between the army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) flared from dawn in north and south Khartoum, as well as in the adjacent cities of Omdurman and Bahri, as the army sought to defend its bases from its paramilitary rival.