Thousands of residents fled from Sudan's capital where witnesses reported bodies in the streets and embassies said more than 270 civilians had been killed in battles between the army and paramilitaries by Thursday, with no end in sight.
Smoke rises from the tarmac of Khartoum International Airport as a fire burns in Khartoum, Sudan in this screen grab obtained from a social media video on April 17, 2023. Abdullah Abdel Moneim/via REUTERS
The Rapid Support Forces paramilitaries said they would "fully commit to a complete ceasefire" from 1600 GMT for 24 hours, as did the army. The violence erupted on Saturday between forces of the two generals who seized power in a 2021 coup: army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo who commands the RSF.
Battles have damaged residential and commercial buildings, and civilians sheltering in their homes are becoming increasingly desperate, with dwindling food supplies, power outages, and a lack of running water."Neither side seems to be winning at the moment, and given the intensity of the violence, things could get even worse before the two generals come to the negotiating table," according to Clement Deshayes, a Sudan specialist at Paris' Sorbonne University.
About two-thirds of Khartoum's 59 main hospitals are "out of service", said the union which reported "severe shortages" in remaining facilities.
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