Sudan state TV cuts transmission amid clashes

Employees of Sudan state television said that the decision was made to stop the broadcasting of propaganda by a paramilitary force that was engaged in a conflict with the army for control of the capital.

The army denied the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces’ claims that it had taken control of state TV and other vital sites as violence broke out around Khartoum on Saturday.

By Sunday, it appeared that the army was winning the battle in Khartoum.

The RSF entered the major state broadcaster headquarters in Omdurman, which is across the Nile from Khartoum, and used radio networks to broadcast content in support of the RSF, according to state media personnel who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

After hours of repetitive replays of recorded content, the primary state TV channel’s transmission went black on Sunday, according to Reuters reporters in Khartoum and numerous other towns outside of the country. Also disabled was state radio.