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| Sudan fighting: Street battles dash hopes of Eid ceasefire | |
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| There is a sombre mood as people mark the end of the fasting month of Ramadan | There is a sombre mood as people mark the end of the fasting month of Ramadan |
| Residents of Sudan's capital say parts of Khartoum feel like a ghost town, in stark contrast to the joyful mood usually seen during the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr. | Residents of Sudan's capital say parts of Khartoum feel like a ghost town, in stark contrast to the joyful mood usually seen during the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr. |
| After a week of fighting between two factions of the country's military leadership at least 400 people have been killed. | After a week of fighting between two factions of the country's military leadership at least 400 people have been killed. |
| Witnesses say bombing, shelling and gunfire continue in Khartoum. | Witnesses say bombing, shelling and gunfire continue in Khartoum. |
| It means a three-day truce called by the UN, US and others has failed. | It means a three-day truce called by the UN, US and others has failed. |
| A Sudanese employee of the UN's International Organization for Migration has been killed in crossfire in El Obeid, some 430km (270 miles) south-west of Khartoum, the agency says. | |
| Witnesses tell the AFP news agency they are seeing intense street battles between the rival forces in Khartoum. | |
| The army says it has deployed soldiers to "comb" the streets looking for members of the rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). | The army says it has deployed soldiers to "comb" the streets looking for members of the rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). |
| People in Khartoum and its twin city of Omdurman tell the BBC they are still feeling a mixture of shock and anger. | People in Khartoum and its twin city of Omdurman tell the BBC they are still feeling a mixture of shock and anger. |
| Two women crying at the entrance to a mosque explain they have lost several family members - including two children. | Two women crying at the entrance to a mosque explain they have lost several family members - including two children. |
| Eid is the Muslim festival marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan - and Sudanese people usually relish it as a time for visiting family and eating together with their neighbours, while children play and enjoy sweets. | Eid is the Muslim festival marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan - and Sudanese people usually relish it as a time for visiting family and eating together with their neighbours, while children play and enjoy sweets. |
| Prayer services would normally be packed on Eid, but on Friday many mosques in Khartoum and Omdurman are almost empty as people shelter at home. | Prayer services would normally be packed on Eid, but on Friday many mosques in Khartoum and Omdurman are almost empty as people shelter at home. |
| Others meanwhile have fled the capital for their home regions. | Others meanwhile have fled the capital for their home regions. |
| But this is not an option for Mahasin Dahab and her family. She told the BBC's Newsday programme she cares for a disabled relative who would find it "extremely uncomfortable" to leave the city plus there was a risk that people elsewhere could be less accepting of him. | |
| So she is staying put for the time being, despite running out of water and grieving the deaths of colleagues and neighbours. | |
| LIVE: Latest update from the fighting in Sudan, and other stories from Africa | |
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| PODCAST: The origins of the conflict | |
| SIMPLE GUIDE: What is going on in Sudan? | |
| At its heart, this is a power struggle between two powerful military men over the roadmap for returning the country to civilian rule. | At its heart, this is a power struggle between two powerful military men over the roadmap for returning the country to civilian rule. |
| As part of that plan the country's current military government - made up of the army led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the RSF led by Mohamed Hamdan "Hemedti" Dagalo - were supposed to merge their forces. | As part of that plan the country's current military government - made up of the army led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the RSF led by Mohamed Hamdan "Hemedti" Dagalo - were supposed to merge their forces. |
| But the RSF has resisted this change, and began to mobilise its troops which escalated into full-blown fighting between the two sides on Saturday. | But the RSF has resisted this change, and began to mobilise its troops which escalated into full-blown fighting between the two sides on Saturday. |
| Thousands of people have been injured in the past week but medical centres are overwhelmed and under-equipped to treat the influx of patients - as a result 70% of hospitals in conflict zones are out of service, according to the Sudan Doctors' Trade Union. | Thousands of people have been injured in the past week but medical centres are overwhelmed and under-equipped to treat the influx of patients - as a result 70% of hospitals in conflict zones are out of service, according to the Sudan Doctors' Trade Union. |
| Along with Khartoum, the western region of Darfur, where the RSF first emerged, has also been badly affected by the fighting. | |
| "The situation is catastrophic - the majority of the wounded are civilians who were hit by stray bullets, and many of them are children," says a Médecins Sans Frontières worker at the only hospital still functioning in Fasher town, North Darfur state. | |
| The UN has warned that up to 20,000 people - mostly women and children - have fled Sudan to seek safety in Chad, across the border from Darfur. | |
| Diplomatic pressure is being stepped up to end the fighting - with numerous countries and international bodies calling for an immediate ceasefire and offering to mediate. | Diplomatic pressure is being stepped up to end the fighting - with numerous countries and international bodies calling for an immediate ceasefire and offering to mediate. |
| Two previous attempted ceasefires failed to take effect. | |
| US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday appealed to the warring military leaders separately to join a ceasefire at least until Sunday - warning of the risk to civilians as well as humanitarian and diplomatic workers. | US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday appealed to the warring military leaders separately to join a ceasefire at least until Sunday - warning of the risk to civilians as well as humanitarian and diplomatic workers. |
| A Sudanese army statement said Gen Burhan had received calls from the Turkish, South Sudanese and Ethiopian leaders, as well as Mr Blinken and the Saudi and Qatari foreign ministers. | A Sudanese army statement said Gen Burhan had received calls from the Turkish, South Sudanese and Ethiopian leaders, as well as Mr Blinken and the Saudi and Qatari foreign ministers. |
| However, in his first national TV address since the fighting started, on Friday morning, Gen Burhan did not mention a ceasefire. | |
| Watch: Sheltering from fighter jets and gunfire around Khartoum airport | Watch: Sheltering from fighter jets and gunfire around Khartoum airport |
| Watch: Sheltering from fighter jets and gunfire around Khartoum airport | Watch: Sheltering from fighter jets and gunfire around Khartoum airport |
| Additional reporting by George Wright and Paul Adams | Additional reporting by George Wright and Paul Adams |
| Related Topics | Related Topics |
| Sudan crisis | Sudan crisis |
| Sudan | Sudan |