Sudan clashes: RSF's Hemedti plucks page from 2019 Bashir ouster

General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo alias Hemedti

Sudan's Deputy Head of the Sovereign Council, General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo alias Hemedti. FILE PHOTO | AFP

Regional bloc, Intergovernmental Authority on Development (Igad), on Saturday rushed to prevent another collapse of Sudan after the country’s army clashed with paramilitary forces in a supremacy battle.

And so far, Igad, the AU and leaders from Africa are urging the parties to lay down the arms and negotiate ‘pertinent issues’, according to a statement from the South Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.