JUST IN: army and elements loyal to ex-president clash in Sudan

Sudanese capital Khartoum has been turned into a battlefield after a clash between elements belonging to former President Omar al-Bashir and the army broke out on Tuesday.

NyaMile gave a source's account which said that the fighting began this afternoon at Bahri’s Kafouri after soldiers belonging to the Sudanese army fired gunshots at a group of armed militia belonging to former president al-Bashir.

“The fighting began at Kafouri in Kober, Bahri this afternoon after soldiers of the Sudanese army fired gunshots at militia soldiers loyal to the former president Omar al-Bashir,” the source said.

“The army chief of the Sudanese armed forces have called for calm but the situation has not stopped,” the source added.