The Latest Breaking News from Khartoum

Fighting could be heard in south Khartoum on Sunday as envoys from Sudan's warring parties were in Saudi Arabia for talks that international mediators hope will bring an end to a three-week old conflict that has killed hundreds and triggered an exodus.

More than 3,500 refugees are said to have been forcibly deported over the border in recent weeks

Khartoum residents caught between government and rebel forces have a glimmer of hope thanks to Saudi-mediated talks

Qatar has flown a relief flight into Sudan carrying some 40 tons of food

Sudanese army sends delegation to Saudi Arabia for talks on humanitarian situation in the capital, Khartoum.

Sudan, Africa’s third largest country by land mass, shares borders with seven countries in an unstable region. This means that Sudan’s current conflict will have economic, social and political ripple effects across a number of countries, including the Central African Republic, Egypt, Libya, Chad, South Sudan, Ethiopia and Eritrea.

Huwaida al-Hassan and her daughters are among the medical staff tending to pregnant women amid Sudan’s clashes.

Hanadi Al-Sir was among thousands who rushed to Port Sudan, hoping to get on a boat or a plane to escape fierce fighting between the army and rival paramilitary forces.

Civilians trapped in the Sudanese capital saytheir plight is being ignored by both the army and its rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces