The Latest Breaking News from Khartoum

The Sudanese army pounded paramilitaries in the capital Khartoum with air strikes Thursday while deadly fighting flared in Darfur as the clock ticked down on a fragile US-brokered ceasefire now in its final full day. Late Wednesday, the army said it had agreed to talks in Juba, capital of neighbouring…

As Lebanese businessman Ahmad Shams sheltered in the hotel he ran in Khartoum from the gunfire and shelling that erupted there this month, it brought back flashbacks of the civil war that had shattered Lebanon's capital in his youth.

Battles have killed at least 512 people, wounded more than 4,000 and left some districts of greater Khartoum in ruins.

Sudan's army and a paramilitary force have been battling on Khartoum's outskirts, undermining a truce in their 11-day conflict, but the army has expressed willingness to extend the ceasefire.

‘I saw a lot of people get shot and dying in front of my eyes’

The military is racing to rescue citizens amid fears the fighting will resume once the 72-hour pause expires on Thursday night

The effort to get private citizens out of Sudan by countries around the globe continues, by military airlift, ship and over land

What Washington and Its Arab partners must do to stop the shootout.

The military is racing to rescue citizens amid fears the fighting will resume once the 72-hour pause expires on Thursday night.