Witnesses said the Sudanese army carried out heavy air strikes in the centre of the capital Khartoum and around the presidential palace. The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) said the palace was destroyed.
A damaged area in Sudan's capital Khartoum. Photo: Reuters
Fighting in Khartoum has been raging since April 15, forcing hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes and creating an aid crisis in the country. The UN migration agency said the number of internally displaced people in Sudan had more than doubled in a week to 700,000.
The two opposing forces have now sent representatives to negotiate in the Saudi port city of Jeddah on Saturday. In its first report on the talks, the Saudi Foreign Ministry said the talks aimed to reach “an effective short-term ceasefire,” according to state-run Al-Ekhbariya television.
UN aid chief Martin Griffiths has urged the warring parties to back a deal to ensure aid deliveries are safe and the proposal was discussed in Jeddah.
"Mr. Griffiths hopes that the agreement can be approved as soon as possible so that relief operations can resume quickly and safely to meet the needs of millions of people in Sudan," UN spokesman Farhan Haq told reporters.
The United Nations estimates that another 5 million people will need urgent assistance in Sudan. The World Health Organization on Tuesday raised the confirmed death toll in the conflict to more than 600, with 5,000 injured, although the true figure is believed to be much higher.
Witnesses said chaos was taking place in Khartoum and the two neighboring cities of Omdurman and Bahri. “The biggest danger is that there is widespread looting and there is no police presence and no law enforcement,” said Ahmed Saleh, 45, from Bahri.
Homes, shops and warehouses have been looted, residents said. The Sudanese Banking Union condemned the theft and vandalism at some branches, saying banks were working to restore services if conditions allowed.
The Sudanese army under the command of General Abdel-Fattah al-Burhan and the RSF paramilitary force under General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo joined forces in a military coup in 2021, then planned a transition to civilian rule.
However, the two sides disagreed over the terms and timing of the transition, leading to a sudden outbreak of fighting in Khartoum in April that quickly spread to the Darfur region.
Trung Kien (according to Reuters)
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