Shelling and air strikes have pounded parts of Sudan’s capital with little sign that warring military factions are ready to back down in a conflict that has killed hundreds of people despite ceasefire talks in Saudi Arabia.
Khartoum and the adjoining cities of Bahri and Omdurman across the Nile’s two branches have been the main theatre of conflict along with western Darfur province since the army and Rapid Support Forces paramilitary started fighting a month ago.
