US Embassy staff in Sudan shelters in place as paramilitary force seizes presidential palace

U.S. officials and travelers inside the African nation of Sudan are being encouraged to shelter in place as gunfire and explosions rocked the capital of Khartoum.

The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are clashing with Sudan's army, and the RSF claimed Saturday it had seized the presidential palace and taken control of the city's airport.

"Due to reports of heavy gunfire in several locations in Khartoum, Embassy staff have been ordered to shelter in place," the U.S. Embassy in Sudan wrote in a warning. "American citizens are encouraged to shelter in place."