Mounting tension between Sudan’s two most powerful generals, each backed by a formidable force, has boiled over into open conflict just 18 months after they conspired to derail the country’s transition to democracy – with civilians caught in the crossfire of a deadly power struggle.
As chaos engulfed Khartoum early on Saturday and bullets rained down on homes including his own, policy analyst Hamid Khalafallah pleaded with his fellow Sudanese to stay out of the fight.
