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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Jason Burke Africa correspondent

Sudan ceasefire fails to contain fighting amid reports of gunfire

Smokes rises over Khartoum streets
Smokes rises over the deserted streets of Khartoum after clashes between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

Fighting continued in Sudan hours after an internationally brokered truce was supposed to have come into effect, as forces loyal to dueling generals battled for key locations in the capital and accused each other of violating the cease-fire.

At least 185 people have been killed and more than 1,800 injured in more than four days of fighting that has pitted army units loyal to Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the head of Sudan’s transitional governing sovereign council, and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), led by Gen Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemedti, who is deputy head of the council. Their power struggle has derailed a shift to civilian rule and raised fears of a wider conflict.

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