Clashes erupted north of Sudan's capital Khartoum on Wednesday night, upending a temporary ceasefire between the Sudanese Army and its rival, the Rapid Support Force, just hours after it was struck.
The two factions have been battling for days, and Wednesday saw fierce fighting in central Khartoum as well as serious clashes at the capital's main airport, which has been closed since Saturday as RSF leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, also known as Hemedti, vies for power against Sudan's military chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan.
It admitted that since the outbreak of fighting on Saturday, RSF has managed to seize a number of government headquarters including the Ministry of the Council of Ministers, the Ministry of the Interior and the Civil Registry Department and are using these"civilian institutions to manage their combat activities."The failed ceasefire had been hoped to provide respite for civilians caught in the middle of the conflict.
Civilians remain been caught in the chaos, and internet outages have been reported in the country by Internet watchdog NetBlocks."The situation today is worse than yesterday," Amal, a Sudanese woman who has been trapped in her home, told CNN.
"According to the information we have in Khartoum, 50% of hospitals have been out of action in the first 72 hours," said Abdalla Hussein, the Médecins Sans Frontière operational manager for Sudan."This is because the staff weren't feeling safe to go there or the hospitals themselves have been subject to shelling or bombing," he said.
Armed personnel stormed the homes of people working for the UN and other international organizations in downtown Khartoum, according to reports in an internal UN document seen by CNN.
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