Both UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called separately for a ceasefire of 'at least' three days to mark Eid, as explosions and gunfire resounded in Khartoum.
SUDAN’S WARRING FORCES have continued to clash, with heavy gunfire and explosions heard in the capital Khartoum and elsewhere in the country, as they ignored appeals by world powers for an end-of-Ramadan ceasefire.
Khartoum has seen some of the fiercest fighting with air strikes and tanks firing in densely packed districts, with most of its five million people sheltering at home in baking heat without electricity, food or water. Communications are heavily disrupted. ‘Nightmare scenario’ For the first time since hostilities began a week ago, Burhan appeared on television.
The International Crisis Group warned urgent steps were needed to stop a descent into “full-blown civil war”, warning “the nightmare scenario that many feared in Sudan is unfolding.”The World Food Programme warned the violence could plunge millions more into hunger in a country where 15 million people – one-third of the population – need aid.
Hospitals shelled Medics have warned of a catastrophe, with over two-thirds of hospitals in Khartoum and neighbouring states rendered “out of service” by the fighting, the doctors’ union said.The World Health Organization said it had reports of almost 330 people killed and 3,200 wounded across Sudan, but medics fear the death toll is likely to be far higher, with many wounded unable to reach hospitals.
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