Heavy fighting raged on in Sudan Friday with warring generals trading blame, despite their agreement to extend a truce aimed at stemming nearly two weeks of warfare that has killed hundreds and caused widespread destruction.
Black clouds rose over the capital Khartoum in fresh fighting and the United Nations reported bitter urban battles in the war-ravaged Darfur region where scores were reported dead.
But witnesses told AFP they heard air strikes and anti-aircraft guns being fired near the army command in Khartoum, where many residents have been shuttered at home with dangerously low levels of food. The Sudanese doctors' union warned Friday that the collapse of the healthcare system was "imminent", with more than 12,000 patients at risk of dying as they could not access regular kidney dialysis.
Fighting has spread "nearly all over the city", the Bar Association said, urging Burhan and Daglo to "immediately stop this foolish war that is being waged on the backs of civilians". The scorched-earth campaign left at least 300,000 people dead and close to 2.5 million displaced, according to UN figures, and saw Bashir charged with war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide by the International Criminal Court.The UN voiced alarm at the prison breaks, pointing to "the prospect of further violence, amid a generalized climate of impunity".The US, whose diplomats have been mediating by telephone between the warring generals, acknowledged violations of the truce.
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