The number of people internally displaced by fighting has more than doubled in a week, the UN says.
Gunfire and air strikes were again heard on Tuesday in the capital Khartoum despite ceasefire talks in Saudi ArabiaThe number of people displaced inside Sudan by fighting between rival military factions has more than doubled in the past week to around 700,000, a UN agency has said.
Khartoum had a population of 5.4 million, but the once-peaceful city has been devastated by the conflict that broke out on 15 April. "Many IDPs [internally displaced people] are sheltering with relatives, while others are gathering in schools, mosques and public buildings," said Paul Dillon, a spokesman for the UN's International Organization for Migration."The ATMs aren't working and the banking system is not functioning. Fuel is difficult to come by and expensive," he added.
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