Since the fighting began on April 15, over 750 people have been killed, the vast majority of whom were civilians.
More loud explosions rocked Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, on Wednesday, as fighting between warring generals escalated despite truce talks in Saudi Arabia.
According to residents, two large explosions were heard across greater Khartoum during the night by residents from various districts.
The warring generals’ representatives—army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and paramilitary commander Mohamed Hamdan Daglo—flew to Saudi Arabia on Saturday for peace talks.
The dialogue was dubbed “pre-negotiation talks” by Saudi and US mediators.
Residents recounted their ordeal of explosions hitting the city, but the talks produced no tangible results.
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“We were woken up by explosions and heavy artillery fire,” a resident of Khartoum’s sister city, Omdurman said.
A Saudi diplomat admitted earlier this week that a permanent ceasefire was not even on the table because each side “believes it is capable of winning the battle”.
“Martin Griffiths, the top UN aid official, has left Jeddah after proposing a declaration of commitments for the two parties to ensure the safe passage of humanitarian relief,” according to a UN spokesman in New York.
Since the fighting began on April 15, over 750 people have been killed, the vast majority of whom were civilians.
Approximately 150,000 refugees have crossed into neighboring countries, while 700,000 people have been internally displaced within Sudan.
