Fighting in Sudan enters second week as truce breaks FMTNews FMTWorld
Khartoum has seen some of the fiercest battles, with fighter jets launching air strikes in densely populated districts.
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 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. Plans are being made to evacuate foreign nationals, with the United States, South Korea and Japan deploying forces to nearby countries and the European Union weighing a similar move.
The World Health Organization said 413 people had been killed and 3,551 wounded in the fighting across Sudan, but the actual death toll is thought to be higher, with many wounded unable to reach hospitals. Analysts fear countries across the region risk being dragged into the conflict, with the International Crisis Group warning urgent steps were needed to stop a descent into “full-blown civil war”.