Civilians flee Khartoum as ceasefire fails to hold
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- 19 Apr 2023
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Thousands of residents have fled Khartoum as fighting continued across the city for a fifth day after a US-brokered ceasefire between the army and paramilitary forces failed to hold.
Continuous shelling, automatic rifle fire and loud blasts shook the centre of Sudan’s capital from first light on Wednesday, with fighting apparently concentrated around the defence ministry compound and the airport. Thick smoke billowed into the sky over Khartoum’s twin city of Omdurman, where street battles continued around the state television building.
The truce between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which came after pressure from foreign powers, including the US, was supposed to allow residents trapped by the fighting to obtain desperately needed relief and supplies. It collapsed within minutes on Tuesday evening amid mutual accusations from the battling factions that the other had failed to respect the truce. Read More…
