Khartoum’s General Hospital is running out of medicine and blood, with officials insisting that the army had broken a UN-broken humanitarian ceasefire

The sound of warplanes bombing Sudan’s capital Khartoum continued for a third day as the death toll neared 100, with hundreds more injured.

Clashes first erupted Saturday between the country’s military and the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (RSF), led by Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, also known as Hemedti, who told CNN on Sunday the army had broken a UN-brokered temporary humanitarian ceasefire.

There are verified video clips that show military aircraft hitting the airport while there are other clips that show the General Command building burning to the ground.

At least 97 people were killed as of Monday according to a committee of Sudanese doctors. Earlier on Sunday, the World Health Organization estimated more than 1,126 were injured.

Mr Paye said the hospital was running out of supplies to treat survivors. “It is running out of medicines and blood. There has also been a power outage in the city since the beginning of the fighting, and fuel supplies for the hospital generator are also running low.”

“It’s all over our heads,” wrote a Sudanese army chief and “heroes, soldiers and civilians”

He said that the army chief and his rival lost control of the military. When asked if he intended for Sudan to be ruled by a civilian government, he replied that he didn’t have those intentions.

There is fighting in the streets and snipers on top of buildings. The humanitarian assistance has been completely jeopardized. We have some medical supplies, but can’t move them. The situation is too unpredictable, we can’t take the risk to move our staff when we have zero guarantee of their safety. People have been trapped in terrible areas for four days because most people are in the same place. In other areas movement is possible but limited due to armed vehicles roaming around the neighborhood.

We cannot hear any noise, we can hear blast after blast. What exactly is happening and where we don’t know, but it feels like it’s directly over our heads,” they wrote.

The conflict between the civilian and military has left a lasting impact on human rights and humanitarian operations in Sudan, as reported by Save the Children and the World Food Program

The government’s national TV channel is no longer on the air, which limits access to information. Television employees told CNN that it is in the hands of the RSF.

The crisis worsened when the events changed, making one-third of the people in the nation in need of food aid. Now, the violence has forced aid groups to suspend operations. The three workers who died were from the World Food Program.

Save the Children said that looters stole medical supplies for children as well as computers and cars in a raid on one of their offices in Darfur, on Monday. The group’s Sudan director, Arshad Malik, called on the combatants to safeguard humanitarian services.

Mexico is trying to evacuate its citizens from Sudan, with the foreign minister saying on Sunday that they are looking to explode their exit.

The United States embassy in Sudan said there were no plans to evacuate Americans from the country because of the Khartoum airport’s closing. It advised US citizens to stay indoors and shelter in place, adding that it would make an announcement “if evacuation of private US citizens becomes necessary.”

Peace and negotiations are being called for after the fresh clashes. The head of the African Union Commission, Moustaches Faki, is scheduled to arrive in Khartoum on Monday to try to stop the fighting.

People of Sudan want the military back in the barracks and for a civilian-led government. Sudan needs to return to that path,” Blinken said, speaking on the sidelines of the G7 foreign minister talks in Japan on Monday.

The UN’s political mission in Sudan has said the country’s two warring factions have agreed to a “proposal” although it is not yet clear what that entails.

The pair played a role in the military coup that ended the power sharing agreement between the military and civilian groups in 2021, after working together to oust Sudanese President Bashir in 2019.

It is unclear how much control the RSF has wrested from the country’s military. Dagalo claims he now controls the country’s main military sites, a claim repeatedly disputed by Burhan.

A number of hospitals in Sudan had to close due to the shortage of doctors. There are hospitals under bombardment in Sudan.

Both leaders blamed each other for instigating the fighting. Meanwhile, civilians are paying the price, with at least 180 people killed and 1,800 others injured, according to UN officials on Monday.

Witnesses have little doubt about what happened at Al-Moallem hospital, where intense shelling forced staffers to evacuate, leaving some patients behind.

At one overwhelmed medical center, the morning began with shelling. A doctor said that paramilitary force barged in, ordered newborns and other patients to be evacuated, and began taking up positions.

One medic said that a child died in the building. Two other children were seriously wounded. As the shelling went on medics and patients were praying in the corridor.

At first we were praying for salvation,” the medic said. We started to discuss what part of the body would be the most painless to shoot, since the shelling got worse.

A medic said that there were children left in incubators and patients without medical personnel after the hospital left. It was a smell of death.

Eman Abu Garjah, a Sudanese-British doctor who is based in Khartoum, told CNN that food in the freezer has gone bad. “We don’t have any supplies at the moment, that’s why we’re trying to go somewhere where the shops are open.”

“It’s Ramadan, we’re up for early morning prayers and after that usually you have a little bit of a siesta and wake up again for the afternoon prayers. But sleep was just not possible. The house was shaking, with the windows shaking.

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In an interview with CNN on Monday, Burhan accused Dagalo of attempting to “capture and kill” him during an attempt by the paramilitary leader to seize the presidential palace.

Burhan from army headquarters said that a humanitarian ceasefire proposal was put forward and agreed upon.

He said he did not abide by the ceasefire. There are attempts to storm the Army headquarters, and indiscriminate mortar attacks. He’s using the humanitarian pause to continue the fight.”

“We’re under attack from all directions,” Dagalo told CNN’s Larry Madowo in a telephone interview on Sunday. The other side stopped fighting and we had to fight to defend ourselves, he claimed.

During Sudan’s Darfur conflict, starting in the early 2000s, he was the leader of Sudan’s notorious Janjaweed forces, implicated in human rights violations and atrocities.

The troops became a part of the country’s intelligence services in 2007, and in that same year the RSF was created with the orders of Bashir. The two men met in the year 2019: Bashir.

At least 118 people were killed in a pro-democracy sit-in in Sudan in the months leading up to the coup that ousted blith in April 2019.

“This constitutes a gross violation of the Vienna Convention,” Josep Borrell Fontelles, the top diplomat for the bloc, said on Twitter. “Security of diplomatic premises and staff is a primary responsibility of Sudanese authorities and an obligation under international law.”

NAIROBI, EAST KHARTOUM. As two rival generals, each with his own army, grappled for power in Sudan on Monday, even hospitals trying to tend to the swelling numbers of wounded were no longer havens.

The doctor at the police hospital in Sudan said the hospital turned into a battlefield.

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Leaders from around the world called for a cease-fire, but it was not clear who, if anyone, was in control of Sudan, Africa’s third-largest country, by area.

The situation is very tense and chaotic. The intensity of fighting has increased in the past few days, with Khartoum and the Sudan region witnessing the worst. The bombardment of Khartoum by aerial forces, tanks in the streets, and heavy artillery movements have separated the five teams from each other. Our main concern is access to health care for civilians and the security of our staff.

Ahmed Abuhurira, a mechanical engineer, said that everyone is afraid and that they went out to try to charge his cellphone. “You can see it in their eyes. People are not sure what to do.

GeneralHamdan accused his rival of bombing civilians from the air. The Sudanese Army said in a statement that it was following international humanitarian law.

The U.N. secretary general spoke to both warring generals and expressed deep concern. The humanitarian situation in Sudan is now catastrophic, and the situation was already precarious.

The secretary of state spoke with the two Generals to stress the importance of reaching a cease-fire.

Mr. Perthes said that he was talking to the leaders of both military factions daily, and that they had made it clear that they had no intention of ending the fighting. They are, however, receptive to the idea of a “pause” to allow humanitarian access, he said.

He said that people across Sudan have been gripped by fear for the past three days, and now have to make a choice between facing that fear and starving to death.

Many children are among those who have been wounded in the cross fire, according to a statement from Doctors Without Borders.

The EU ambassador to Sudan was also attacked in his residence on Monday, but is doing fine today, according to the EU’s top diplomat.

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Several officials said the attackers were members of the Rapid Support Forces, speaking on the condition of anonymity for security reasons.

The United Nations spokesman said that staff members were forced out of their apartments in the Sudanese city of Khartoum.

The conflict has the potential toentangle other nations and observers pay close attention to Egypt, whose affairs are entwined with its neighbor.

Egypt has been trying to prevent a civilian- led democracy from taking root in its south since pro-democracy protesters forced the president of Sudan to step down, analysts said. The Egypt government that came to power after its own anti-government uprising was backed by the military.

Egyptian officials see a strongman as the best way of keeping its neighbor stable — and off a democratic path that could inspire Egyptians — and they have embraced General al-Burhan as an ally, especially after one Rapid Support Forces faction captured Egyptian soldiers and seven Egyptian warplanes over the weekend.

The fighting has made transit in and out of the country difficult. The airport in Khartoum was targeted again on Monday as warring military groups fought for control over critical infrastructure.

The New York Times used satellite imagery and found that 20 planes have been destroyed or badly damaged in the conflict at the airport.

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University students and faculty in Omdurman, Sudan: “We are sorry that the university is going to turn into a battlefield overnight,” said Dr. Abuhurira

On Monday evening, residents of the city of Omdurman, northwest of the capital, said the situation was quiet, with many people coming out of their homes and traffic gradually building in some shopping areas. Many households, however, still lacked water or electricity.

In the capital, many residents found it safest to stay home. Mr. Abuhurira, the electrical engineer who went out to charge his phone, said he had not encountered a single person in the half-hour he was on the street.

For more than three days, students at the University of Khartoum have been trapped inside campus buildings as artillery and gunfire rain down around them in Sudan’s capital.

Fierce fighting between the country’s army and a paramilitary group has spread across the nation since erupting Saturday – but the university area is a particular hotspot due to its proximity to the General Command of the Armed Forces, with warplanes hovering overhead and nearby buildings destroyed by fire.

It is scary that our country will turn into a battlefield overnight, as was said by one of the 89 students and faculty members inside the university library.

Food and water are running low, but leaving is not an option – one student has already been killed by gunfire outside. Khalid Abdulmun’em had been trying to run to the library from a nearby building when he was struck, said Farouk.

The university said Abdulmun’em had been shot in the campus’ surroundings. In a separate post on Monday, the university urged humanitarian organizations to help evacuate dozens of people stranded on campus.

U.S. Secretary of State for Sudan and the Rapid Support Forces: a dialogue with Burhan and Dagalo in the wake of the Sudan crisis

Khartoum has been wracked by violence and chaos in a bloody tussle for power between Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, Sudan’s military leader, and Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, also known as Hemedti, head of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

“Yesterday, we had an American diplomatic convoy that was fired on. All of our people are safe, but this the action was reckless, it was irresponsible and, of course, unsafe,” Blinken said in a press conference on Tuesday.

The army was accused of conducting airstrikes on residential neighborhoods and attacking the EU ambassador’s headquarters, but the RSF was only accused of targeting the ambassador’s residency.

The RSF will have a call to continue the dialogue, according to the statement from the man. The critical situation in Sudan was the subject of a conversation between Burhan and Blinken.

The foreign ministers of G7 nations, comprised of some of the world’s largest economies, urged the factions to “end hostilities immediately” in their joint statement from Japan on Tuesday.

The Special Representative of the Secretary General for Sudan said on Monday the organization had tried to convince the warring parties to hold the fire, and that they should protect embassies, UN offices, humanitarian and medical facilities.

General Hamdan said on Twitter that he was “honored to have a vital conversation” with Mr. Blinken and had discussed their “shared dedication to freedom, justice and democracy for our people.”

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It’s not uncommon for stray bullets to hit water pipes in my office. Other parts of the city have had no electricity or water for four days. People queue for water in spite of the risk. The phone network is operational, though it is not always strong. People can’t charge their phones without electricity. Even if you have a generator, it is difficult to refuel it as gas stations are not open. The suffering will increase if this situation continues.

The fighting erupted suddenly early Saturday morning, so it was a shock and surprise for everyone. Nobody had time to stock up for an extended period. We are now on the fourth day and supplies have been depleted. Medicine access is very difficult. Food was partially available in the first two days but all the stocks in markets and small shops have finished without being able to be replenished. If this continues, we will have food shortages and most people will try to leave the city to the villages if they can.

Our priority is to get our staff from the intense fighting areas and restore access to health facilities. We have plenty of stock but little access; we are ready and prepared. We are on standby for whenever a humanitarian corridor opens.