Explosions shook Sudan's capital Khartoum on Monday, as fighting between the army and paramilitary groups backed by rival military generals raged for a third day, with the death toll exceeding 100.
The violence began Saturday after weeks of power battles between Sudan's army leader, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and his deputy, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who controls the formidable paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), who seized power in a 2021 coup.
The fierce fighting has seen air strikes, tanks on the streets, artillery fire, and heavy shooting in densely populated Khartoum and other Sudanese cities, prompting international calls for an immediate truce.
The doctors union reported that The death toll among civilians had reached 97, later adding that "dozens" of fighters had died. The amount does not include all casualties because many could not reach hospitals due to combat-related movement issues.
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A rival pro-democracy organization, the Central Committee of Sudan Doctors, reported scores of deaths and 942 injuries among security forces.
Despite widespread calls from doctors for safe paths to transport casualties, the two sides agreed to a UN plan for a window to evacuate the wounded on Sunday, but the intense shooting continued.
In Khartoum, UN Special Representative Volker Perthes said he was "extremely disappointed" by both sides' failure to observe the humanitarian ceasefire.
According to the World Health Organization, "several" of Khartoum's nine hospitals that treat injured civilians "have run out of blood, transfusion equipment, intravenous fluids, and other vital supplies."
The violence has driven terrified Sudanese people to seek refuge in their homes, fearful of a lengthy battle that might plunge the country deeper into disarray, shattering hopes for restoration to civilian governance.
On Sunday, the World Food Programme (WFP) stated that it had temporarily suspended operations in Sudan after three employees were murdered the day before in violence between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
