The latest ceasefire, brokered by foreign powers, is supposed to last until Sunday at midnight. Read more at straitstimes.com.
KHARTOUM - The sounds of air strikes, anti-aircraft weaponry and artillery could be heard in Khartoum early on Saturday and dark smoke rose over parts of the city, as fighting in Sudan entered a third week.the announcement of a 72-hour ceasefire extension
Hundreds have been killed and tens of thousands have fled for their lives in a power struggle between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces that erupted into violence on April 15.The fighting has also reawakened a two-decade-old conflict in the western Darfur region where scores have died this week.Many residents are pinned down by urban warfare with scant food, fuel, water and power.
More than 75,000 people were internally displaced within Sudan just in the first week of the fighting, according to the UN. Only 16 per cent of hospitals were operating as normal in the capital.The RSF accused the army of violating it with air strikes on its bases in Omdurman, Khartoum’s sister city at the confluence of the Blue and White Nile rivers, and Mount Awliya.
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