Heavy fighting between warring factions of the country's army continued in Sudan Saturday despite an extension of a cease-fire between the two sides brokered by the United States.
Rocket attacks continued in the country's capital city of Khartoum and fighting picked up around the presidential palace, witnesses said. The residence is serving as the headquarters for Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, who is leading the Sudanese Army in the conflict.
Sudanese Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, who heads the breakaway paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, said he would not begin negotiations until fighting with the Sudanese Armed Forces stops.
"We don't want to destroy Sudan," Dagalo told the BBC Saturday, placing the blame on al-Burhan.
Before squaring off with each other, the two warring generals worked together in 2019 to overthrow Sudan's former president Omar al-Bashir, who was later convicted on corruption charges.
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