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Residents of Sudan’s capital Khartoum testify to heavy explosions and gunfire. This despite the fact that both warring parties agreed on Thursday to extend the ceasefire by 72 hours.
At the same time, several countries continue to evacuate their citizens from the country. The Turkish Ministry of Defense announced earlier on Friday that one of the country’s military cargo planes had been shot down while en route to an airbase outside Khartoum. However, the plane was able to land safely without anyone being injured.
There have been several attempts at a ceasefire in the past since fighting between the Sudanese army and the RSF paramilitary forces broke out on 15 April. All have failed to varying degrees.
The fighting has spread over large parts of Sudan. In the province of Darfur, residents testify to intense fighting and looting. In the provincial capital of El Geneina, close to a hundred people have been killed since Monday, according to UN figures.
Across the country, at least 512 people have been killed and 4,193 injured in the fighting, according to figures from Sudan’s health ministry, although the true death toll is likely to be much higher.