Rival Sudanese forces on Sunday announced the extension of a truce they have largely violated, as warplanes roared overhead and fighting continued ...
Sudanese Army soldiers rest beside an armoured vehicle at a checkpoint in KhartoumKHARTOUM - Rival Sudanese forces on Sunday announced the extension of a truce they have largely violated, as warplanes roared overhead and fighting continued on the ground in Sudan's capital.
The fighting pits the forces of army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan against his ex-deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who commands the Rapid Support Forces . Rapid Support Forces fighters in the East Nile district of greater Khartoum, in this image taken from video released by the paramilitary groupCentral Reserve Police, a paramilitary unit, were being deployed across Khartoum to"protect citizens' properties" from looting, the Sudanese police said, confirming an army statement.
A first Red Cross plane brought eight tonnes of humanitarian aid from Jordan to Port Sudan, which is so far untouched by the fighting. The aid included surgical material and medical kits to stabilise 1,500 patients. The UN World Food Programme has warned the unrest could plunge millions more into hunger in a country where 15 million people already needed aid to stave off famine.
Egypt has called an Arab League meeting of its permanent delegates Monday to discuss the"situation in Sudan".More than 75,000 people have been internally displaced in Sudan, the UN said, and almost 40,000 have crossed borders, mostly into Chad but also South Sudan, Ethiopia and Central African Republic, aid workers said.
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