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Jan Johnson

Why two military rivals are in a 'fight to the death' in Sudan

Satellite image shows thick, black smoke drifting across the city at multiple locations an overview of fires burning in Khartoum on Sunday. (Satellite image ©2023 Maxar Technologies)

Three straight days of conflict between two militarized factions have made once-quiet neighborhoods in and around the capital, Khartoum, feel like a war zone. More than 100 civilians have been killed and 365 others have been wounded, according to the Sudan Doctors' Syndicate. The UN World Food Program said Sunday that it was halting all operations in Sudan after three of its employees were killed in the fighting, and a humanitarian aircraft was damaged in crossfire.

NPR's Emmanuel Akinwotu described on Up First a "nightmare" for civilians, where "places they used to eat, buy groceries, see family and friends have basically been turned into a battlefield right before their eyes."

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