The World Health Organization (WHO) announced today that since the start of hostilities in Sudan six days ago, the number of dead has risen to 413 and the number of wounded to 3,551.

Yesterday the WHO had spoken of 330 dead and almost 3,200 injured.

Explosions and gunfire rocked Sudan’s capital Khartoum in the early hours of the morning on the first day of Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of Ramadan, despite UN hopes for a ceasefire.

Khartoum’s five million residents woke up today for the seventh day to the sound of airstrikes, explosions and clashes.

The fighting is centered in Khartoum and Darfur.

In the capital, where residents now live without running water and electricity, many families are trying to leave, passing through Rapid Support Force and regular army checkpoints, while bodies lie on the roadside.

Between 10,000 and 20,000 people, mostly women and children, have crossed into neighboring Chad in the past week, according to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

The two warring sides regularly declare victories and launch accusations against their opponents, claims that are impossible to independently confirm.