Sudan: death toll risen to 26 in amid outbreak of fighting between the army and a powerful paramilitary force. But how did the country get here?

General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo aka Hemeti (left), with the chairman of the Sovereign Council, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan (Anadolu Agency/Mahmoud Hjaj)

Clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the powerful paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) broke out in the capital Khartoum and other cities on Saturday following weeks of tensions betwee…