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Khartoum’s outskirts attacked as Sudan war enters sixth week

Smoke rises above buildings in southern Khartoum on Friday as violence between two rival Sudanese generals and their troops continues [AFP]

Artillery fire has pounded the outer areas of the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, as fighting that trapped civilians in a humanitarian crisis and displaced more than one million people entered its sixth week.

Air attacks were also reported on Saturday by witnesses in southern Omdurman and Khartoum North, the two cities that lie across the Nile from Khartoum, forming Sudan’s “triple capital”. Some of the attacks took place near the state broadcaster in Omdurman, witnesses said.

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