Germany and Japan reportedly planning to evacuate citizens as UN documents describe ‘nightmare scenario’
, known as Hemedti, who is deputy head of the council. Their power struggle has derailed a shift to civilian rule and raised fears of a long, brutal civil war.
Two-thirds of civilian fatalities were recorded outside Khartoum, the new statistics showed, indicating how much of the fighting was occurring in remote regions. A satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows a burning building at Merowe airbase on 18 April.“The situation for civilians is not good anywhere in the country, but it is especially bad in the capital, Nyala and Merowe,” said one doctor contacted by the Guardian in Khartoum. “Four of my colleagues have been killed. Almost all the main hospitals are suffering acute shortages in medical staff, medicine, water, electricity, fuel and food.
said long-life items such as dehydrated milk had disappeared from shelves. UN agencies said many of their programmes across the vast country, already in a precarious humanitarian situation, had been suspended.
United Kingdom Latest News, United Kingdom Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Fighting is raging in areas of Sudan's capital Khartoum despite truce dealFighting continued in Sudan despite initial hopes of a ceasefire, according to eye witnesses and media reports.
Read more »
‘Smell of the dead’: Khartoum residents relive terror of being caught in crossfire between factionsSudanese capital and its twin city across the Nile, Omdurman, have become a deadly battleground
Read more »
Sudan rival forces battle for third day as continued violence cuts power and waterThe rupture between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has killed at least 185 and injured more than 1,800.
Read more »
‘Many bodies in the streets’: Death toll soars in Sudan’s war of willsAs explosions and gunfire thundered outside, Sudanese in the capital Khartoum and other cities huddled in their homes for a third day, while the army and a powerful rival force battled in the streets for control of the country.
Read more »
Blinken warns Sudan’s rivals as US diplomatic convoy comes under fireSecretary of state condemns apparent attack by fighters linked to paramilitary RSF after days of deadly clashes
Read more »