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UN warns of funding shortage as Sudan faces 'catastrophic' humanitarian crisis

Smoke billows over residential buildings in Khartoum on May 1, 2023 as deadly clashes between Sudan's rival generals' forces enter their third week. AFP - -

Fighting between rival generals continued in Sudan on Tuesday despite the latest truce. The United Nations says more than 430,000 people have fled their homes due to the violence that broke out mid April. The agency also warned of a "catastrophic" humanitarian crisis with funding falling $1.5bn (€1.3 billion) short of targets.

Since 15 April, tensions have erupted into armed exchanges between regular army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his deputy turned rival, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who commands the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.

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