The Kenya Airways has cancelled all flights to Khartoum, Sudan for Saturday and Sunday following the violence that erupted in the country.
This was after a war over power erupted between the Sudan military and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
It is reported that Sudan’s Army General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan told Al Jazeera that RSF had attacked his residence in the morning, thus, causing the violence.
As such, the RSF claimed full control of the presidential palace while the army took control of all airports.
Moreover, military aircraft were seen in the skies above Khartoum on Saturday afternoon, as gunfire was heard in several parts of the city.
Several people have sustained injuries with three civilians reported dead in the violence where the Sudan army is at war with the paramilitary RSF.
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Likewise, activities around Khartoum International Airport are on a standstill with aircraft set on fire.
Nonetheless, the Kenya Airways communications team while communicating the suspended flights said passengers would be advised as the situation which is being monitored unfolds.
Furthermore, since the army took charge of Sudan in October 2021, there has been a vicious power struggle between General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo of RSF and Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan of the Sudan army.
This power struggle saw an end to a power-sharing arrangement arrived at after Sudan’s former President Omar Al-Bashir was ousted in a coup in 2019.
As such, the African Union called for an urgent truce with U.S Secretary of State Anthony Blinken urging the two sides to find common ground and end the violence.
