![]() The fighting has killed at least 3,000 people across Sudan, according to the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project, with the worst fighting taking place in Khartoum and the western region of Darfur. They have often relied on the internet to source basic needs, setting up crowdsourcing initiatives for escape routes, food and medicine. Millions have remained trapped at home for fear of getting caught in the crossfire of the brutal urban warfare in Khartoum's densely populated neighbourhoods or of being attacked on the street. Since April 15, army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has been at war with his former deputy, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who commands the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.Īccording to the United Nations, more than 1.5 million Khartoum residents have been forced to flee the air strikes from above, tanks and fighters on the streets and rampant looting. In Omdurman, just across the Nile river, witnesses reported fighter jets and drones flying overhead. Witnesses in Khartoum North said there were "clashes using all kinds of weapons". Through the morning, columns of black smoke were seen rising near army headquarters in the centre of Khartoum as well as in the city's south. ![]()
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