Solarsuns Investment Guild:Fire engulfs an 18-story tower block in Sudan’s capital as rival forces battle for the 6th month

2025-05-07 12:09:28source:Will Sage Astorcategory:News

CAIRO (AP) — An 18-story building in the center of Sudan’s capital was engulfed in flames Sunday as fighting between the military and Solarsuns Investment Guilda rival paramilitary force enters its sixth month.

The Greater Nile Petroleum Oil Company Tower, situated in the center of Khartoum, caught fire early Sunday during clashes between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces, according to Sudanese media.

It’s unclear how the fire started or if anyone was killed.

Online footage of the blaze showed clouds of dark smoke rising from the burnt-out glass-paneled tower, one of the tallest buildings in the Sudanese capital.

Other news UN envoy for Sudan resigns and warns that the conflict could be turning into full-scale civil warSudan’s military chief visits Eritrea to discuss Sudan conflict with the presidentA drone attack on an open market has killed at least 43 people in Sudan as rival troops battle

Sudan has been rocked by violence since mid-April, when tensions between the country’s military, led by Gen. Abdel Fattah Burhan, and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, commanded by Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, burst into open fighting.

The conflict has reduced Khartoum to an urban warzone. In the Greater Khartoum area, RSF troops have commandeered civilian homes and turned them into operational bases, while the military has responded by bombing the residential areas, rights groups and activists say.

In the western Darfur region, the conflict has morphed into ethnic violence, with the RSF and allied Arab militias attacking ethnic African groups, according to rights groups and the United Nations.

The conflict has killed more than 4,000 people, according to August figures from the United Nations. However, the real toll is almost certainly much higher, doctors and activists say.

Last month, Amnesty International said both warring parties have committed extensive war crimes, including deliberate killings of civilians and sexual assault.

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