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Street fighting spreads under Khartoum's smoke-filled skies

Street fighting spreads under Khartoum's smoke-filled skies
MENA
6 min read
21 April, 2023
Despite mounting pressure, neither Burhan nor Hemedti have been willing or able to hold a truce between the Sudanese army and RSF.

After days of failed ceasefires that have given way to further fighting, Sudan has woken up to Eid al-Fitr celebrations marred by devastating violence in Khartoum and beyond. 

The capital has seen some of the fiercest fighting, with air strikes and tanks firing in densely packed districts. Most of Khartoum's five million residents are sheltering at home in baking heat, without electricity, food, or water.

Communications are heavily disrupted, and detailed reporting from inside the capital is hard to come by. 

The crackle of intense gunfire continued Friday morning, with columns of black smoke rising across the capital.

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