Heavy clashes and artillery shelling erupted in Sudan’s capital Khartoum on Sunday, and residents reported airstrikes shortly after the end of a 24-hour ceasefire that brought a brief lull to eight weeks of factional fighting rival military.
Witnesses said fighting between the army and paramilitary rapid support forces (RSF) was among the heaviest in weeks and included ground battles in the densely populated Haj Youssef neighborhood in Bahri, one of three adjacent cities along with Khartoum and Omdurman. the capital around the confluence of the River Nile.
Shortly after the ceasefire expired at 6am local time, witnesses said fighting and artillery fire resumed in northern Omdurman. They also reported clashes in south and central Khartoum, and in Shambat along the Nile at Bahri to the strategic Halfiya Bridge, which crosses Omdurman.
“The truce made us relax a bit, but war and fear are returning today,” said Musab Saleh, a 38-year-old resident of south Khartoum.
War broke out between the Sudanese Army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on 15 April over tensions related to an internationally backed plan for a transition to civilian rule.
The conflict has displaced more than 1.9 million people, triggering a massive humanitarian crisis that threatens to spread across an unstable region.
The fighting was concentrated in the capital, much of which became a war zone plagued by looting and clashes. But unrest has also increased elsewhere, including West Darfur, which is already suffering from conflict that reached its peak in the early 2000s.
Source: Terra
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