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Khartoum residents seek medical advice online as hospitals attacked

Smoke rises from the tarmac of Khartoum International Airport as a fire burns, in Khartoum, Sudan in this screen grab obtained from a social media video. via REUTERS - ABDULLAH ABDEL MONEIM

The World Health Organization has urged both sides in Sudan to pause fighting to allow people to get medical attention, as Khartoum's residents have banded together on social media offering aid, advice and support as fighting between two rival factions within the military junta entered its sixth day.

The WHO's regional director, Ahmed Al-Mandhari on Thursday called for both sides in conflict to observe a in pause fighting to allow people receive medical attention and to open up a humanitarian passage for health workers, patients and ambulances.

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