A further 334,000 people have been displaced within Sudan, but hopes rise of possible peace talks.
By Farouk Chothia in London & Imogen Foulkes in GenevaMore than 100,000 people have fled Sudan since heavy fighting broke out between rival forces on 15 April, the UN has said.A further 334,000 people have been displaced within Sudan.
On Monday, the UN special envoy to Sudan, Volker Perthes, told the AP news agency that the two sides had agreed to enter into talks to negotiate a "stable and reliable" ceasefire.If talks take place, it would be the first meeting between the two sides since the conflict started.More than 500 people have been killed and more than 4,000 have been wounded in the fighting, according to Sudan's health ministry.
In Khartoum, food, water and electricity are running out, but desperately needed aid supplies - shipped by the UN into Port Sudan - are being warehoused because of the violence. Meanwhile, widespread looting means there is no safe way to deliver them. "Up to now there were around 26 reported attacks on healthcare facilities. Some of these attacks resulted in the death of healthcare workers and civilians in these hospitals," he told the BBC.
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