KHARTOUM, Sudan: 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.
KHARTOUM, Sudan: 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.'Life in Khartoum is impossible if this war does not stop,' said Alawya al-Tayeb, 33, on her way out of the city.
'Even worse' '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's Sorbonne University.Thousands aren't waiting and, according to witnesses, began leaving Khartoum by car or on foot.They said the air was filled with the stench of dead bodies littering the streets.
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