The Sudanese army pounded paramilitaries in the capital Khartoum with air strikes Thursday while deadly fighting flared in Darfur, as the clock ticked down on a fragile US-brokered ceasefire now in its final full day.
Ahead of the expiry of a three-day truce at midnight , the army said late Wednesday it had agreed to talks in Juba, capital of neighboring South Sudan, on extending it "at the initiative of IGAD," the East African regional bloc.
The doctors' union said at least eight civilians had been killed in Khartoum alone on Wednesday despite the truce. "The heavy fighting began from 24 April," he said, confirming severe damage to hospitals and public buildings and looting across the city. Other Sudanese have sought refuge in Egypt to the north and Ethiopia to the east, but both entail long and potentially dangerous journeys overland.
UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly urged Britons and their relatives in Sudan to use evacuation flights while they are still available before the ceasefire ends.
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