The Latest Breaking News from Khartoum

Countries scrambled to evacuate their diplomats and citizens from the Sudanese capital on Saturday and Sunday.

In the Sudanese capital, charred paramilitary pick-up trucks hit by air strikes litter main streets and weary residents queue for bread in neighbourhoods largely emptied of civilian life.

Harrowing conditions have triggered a mass exodus and transformed Khartoum into what feels like a ghost town.

Foreign governments evacuated diplomats, staff and others trapped in Sudan on Sunday as rival generals battled for a ninth day. Fighting raged in Omdurman, a city across the Nile from Khartoum, residents said, despite a hoped-for cease-fire to coincide with the three-day Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr. More than 420…

Foreign secretary warns government is ‘severely limited’ in its ability to help British nationals

Several countries have launched operations to evacuate their diplomatic staff and other nationals from Sudan.

The conflict in my birth country has its roots in a power struggle that began with the Darfur genocide 20 years ago, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

As Sudan collapsed into fighting last week that has trapped civilians in their city neighbourhoods, cutting off access to water, food and healthcare, community groups, websites and apps have sprung up to mobilise medical help and find basic supplies.

A civilian network organised mainly through Twitter is helping Sudanese people where aid groups cannot.

Death toll passes 420, including 264 civilians, and more than 3,700 wounded as ceasefires fail to hold

Rishi Sunak says ‘complex and rapid’ operation carried out, amid fears for remaining UK nationals