Bursts of gunfire reported in Sudan on Saturday morning after heavy explosions that had previously rocked the city in recent days subsided overnight during the first day of Eid
Violence broke out on April 15 between forces loyal to army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his deputy turned rival Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who commands the powerful paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.
Violence broke out on April 15 between forces loyal to army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his deputy turned rival Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who commands the powerful paramilitary Rapid Support Forces .The army announced on Friday that it had "agreed to a ceasefire for three days" for the Eid al-Fitr holiday that marks the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken had called for a day earlier.
While Khartoum has seen some of the fiercest battles -- with fighters jets launching air strikes, tanks prowling the streets and gunfire in densely populated districts -- violence also exploded across the country. On Friday, the US State Department said the situation wa s still too risky for an evacuation of embassy personnel.
More than two-thirds of hospitals in Khartoum and neighbouring states are now "out of service", the doctors' union said. Others have be en looted, and at least four hospitals in North Kordofan state were shelled. Burhan and Daglo's dispute centred on the planned integration of the RSF into the regular army, a key condition for a deal aimed at resto ring Sudan's democratic transition.
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