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Khartoum's fearful residents hunker down amid fierce street fighting

Residents in an affluent district of Khartoum feared there would be trouble when they found their new neighbour was a commander from a paramilitary force that protesters blamed for cracking down on them in the past.

Reuters

Confusion in Sudan as fighting rages amid cease-fire debate

Top-ranking Sudanese army officials appeared to contradict each other about whether the military would abide by a 24-hour cease-fire in the spiraling conflict in the North African country, just hours before the proposed 6 p.m. start.

Tribune News Service

Sudan: which powers are vying for influence in vast east African country?

Regional and global players have a stake in the bloody internal power struggle playing out in Khartoum and beyond

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‘You can’t imagine the smell of the dead’: terror comes to Khartoum

Sudanese capital and its twin city across the Nile, Omdurman, have become a deadly battleground

The Guardian - UK

'I am hearing anti-aircraft fire,' says a doctor in Sudan as he depicts medical crisis

We spoke to Dr. Ghazali Babiker, country director for Médecins Sans Frontières in Sudan, who is in Khartoum. He offered a grim assessment of the impact of fighting on the ability to give health care.

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Sudan’s temporary ceasefire collapses – with areas set to run out of food and water within days

The country’s warring generals had agreed to 24-hour halt to fighting – but trapped residents and aid workers are scared to move as truce fails

The Independent UK

Fighting in Sudan in maps, satellite images and video

A visual guide detailing the violence that has affected the capital and other parts of the country

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Sudan's violent power struggle puts diplomatic missions in jeopardy as death toll rises

World powers have been quick to condemn the ongoing violence between the Sudanese army and the powerful Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia which has resulted in the death of at least 200 people and has seen diplomatic missions in the country come under attack.

Radio France Internationale

Mapping the heavy fighting in Sudan

Sudan’s army and the powerful paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have clashed in the capital and other cities.

Al Jazeera

Fighting rages in Sudan hours after cease-fire was due to begin

Heavy fighting was still underway in Sudan on Tuesday hours after an internationally brokered truce was supposed to have come into effect, as forces loyal to dueling generals battled for key locations in the capital and accused each other of violating the cease-fire.

France 24

Sudan ceasefire fails to contain fighting amid reports of gunfire

Hopes of 24-hour ceasefire to evacuate civilians and wounded after US secretary of state intervenes

The Guardian - UK

Could the Sudan unrest inflame the Horn of Africa?

Regional leaders and experts fear a civil war could lead to new crises in a region battered by conflict and drought.

Al Jazeera

Irish ambassador assaulted at his home in Sudan as Tanaiste condemns attack

Mr O'Hara was attacked by a group of men at his residence in the capital of Khartoum as conflict continues

Irish Mirror

'Almost impossible' to provide aid in Sudanese capital, IFRC says

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said on Tuesday it was nearly impossible to provide humanitarian services around the Sudanese capital Khartoum and warned that the country's health system was at risk of collapse.

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The Independent UK

US diplomatic convoy attacked in Sudan amid new truce appeal

The U.S. secretary of state says a U.S. diplomatic convoy came under fire in Sudan, where the country's armed forces and a powerful rival have been battling for control since the weekend

Asharq Al-Awsat

White House: No US Evacuation Plan for Sudan at This Time

There are no plans for a US government evacuation from Sudan at this time but Americans should treat the volatile situation in the African country with utmost seriousness, White House national security spokesperson John Kirby said on Monday. "We urge American citizens in Sudan to treat this situation with the…

Dynamite News

At least 180 people killed, 1,800 injured in Sudan clashes

At least 180 civilians have been killed while more than 1,800 civilians and combatants were injured in fighting between Sudan's military and the country's main paramilitary force, according to the United Nations envoy to Sudan, Volker Perthes, The New York Times reported. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Guardian - UK

Tuesday briefing: Sudan has been thrown into bitter violence, thanks to two generals turned rivals

In today’s newsletter: Just four years after the country celebrated a military coup, the two leaders who assumed power have fallen out – and brought unrest to Khartoum and beyond

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Sudan's Warring Generals Agree 24-hour Ceasefire after US Pressure

Sudan's rival commanders agreed a 24-hour ceasefire from Tuesday evening, the army said, following calls to each side from US Secretary of State Antony Blinken over fierce fighting in Khartoum that saw shots fired at a US diplomatic convoy. The ceasefire will start at 6.00 p.m.

Axios

Blinken slams "reckless and irresponsible" attack on U.S. convoy in Sudan

The U.S. secretary of state said he's proposed a cease-fire to the leaders of the warring Sudanese military and RSF militia.

The Conversation

Explainer: why has fighting broken out again in Sudan and what does it mean for the region?

In the last few days, a deadly conflict has erupted in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, between rival factions of the armed forces, leaving at least 180 people dead and at least 1,800 civilians and combatants injured.

The Guardian - UK

Blinken warns Sudan’s rivals as US diplomatic convoy comes under fire

Secretary of state condemns apparent attack by fighters linked to paramilitary RSF after days of deadly clashes

Bangkok Post

200 dead, 1,800 wounded in Sudan battles

KHARTOUM: Fighting between the army and paramilitaries in Sudan has killed around 200 people and wounded 1,800, damaging hospitals and hampering aid after three days of urban warfare.

The New Daily

Sudan humanitarian situation ‘catastrophic’: UN chief

Sudanese forces are battling in the capital as the United Nations sees little prospect for mediation amid a "catastrophic" humanitarian situation.

Reuters

Heavy gunfire quickly shatters Sudan truce pushed by US

Heavy gunfire shattered a 24-hour truce in Sudan on Tuesday shortly after it was due to take effect under U.S. pressure on warring military factions to halt fighting that has touched off a humanitarian crisis.

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