Violent clashes between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support forces and fears of a wider conflict

 After months of escalating tensions between the Sudanese armed forces and the Rapid Support Forces Group, violent clashes broke out in the Sudanese capital Khartoum and elsewhere, dealing a new blow to hopes for a transition to democracy and raising fears of a wider conflict and delaying reaching an agreement with political parties to return the country to its short-term transition to democracy.