The 24-hour ceasefire was due to take effect at 18:00 local time (19:00 Greek time). Two eyewitnesses, in different areas of the capital Khartoum, told Reuters that fighting was continuing.
The new cease-fire attempt in Sudan it appears to have failed, although both the military and the Rapid Support Force (RSF) had earlier announced they would abide by it.
The 24-hour ceasefire was due to take effect at 18:00 local time (19:00 Greek time). Two eyewitnesses, in different areas of the capital Khartoum, told Reuters that fighting was continuing.
Earlier, there was continuous shelling in central Khartoum, around the compound housing the army’s general staff, as well as at the city’s airport, which has been closed since last Saturday.
Thick smoke rose into the sky and the streets of the capital were almost empty. Gunfire was heard as the army tried to retake a critical military airport in northern Sudan, according to footage broadcast by Al Arabiya television.
General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, who rules Sudan de facto, said he was at army headquarters in Khartoum. Reuters was unable to confirm that he remained there today.
Hiding in their homes, residents of the capital, one of the largest cities in Africa, face power outages, no water and worry as food runs out. “Today we started to face shortages of some basic items,” said architect Hadil Mohamed, expressing concern for the safety of her brother, who went out to find food.
Residents are leaving
Thousands of residents of the city, mostly women and children, tried to leave today to escape the fighting. On foot or in cars, passing between corpses and burnt tanks, civilians tried to avoid the crossfire.
“It is impossible to live in Khartoum,” said Alawia al-Tayeb, 33, who was heading south. “I did everything to prevent my children from seeing the bodies” because “they are already in shock.”
“We are going to our relatives in Wadi Madani,” the capital of Al Jazeera province, 200 kilometers to the south, explained Mohamed Saleh, a 43-year-old civil servant. Now that soldiers and paramilitaries are roaming the streets, “we are afraid that they will attack our homes,” he added.
Tomorrow, the heads of the UN, African Union, Arab League and other international and regional organizations will meet to again call for a ceasefire.
Source :Skai
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