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ABOARD HMS AL-DIRIYAH (AFP) - Hasan Faraj was brushing his teeth on the morning of April 15 when gunfire erupted outside his building near Khartoum's airport, early shots in a war that caught him totally unprepared.

Hundreds of thousands of Sudanese have fled Khartoum and the Darfur region to seek refuge in neighbouring countries amid ongoing deadly clashes between Sudan’s army and the rival paramilitary group the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). But the violence that grips the country is making it hard for them to leave.

UNHCR says it is working closely with the government days after reports surfaced there was a complete lack of response.

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Egyptian mother Hanaa, 29, who is being assessed for mental health issues, reportedly decapitated and ingested her five-year-old boy because she "wanted him to stay with her forever"

Ireland has ended the deployment of its emergency team in Cyprus and Djibouti to help those brought to safety.

More than 100 bodies have been unearthed since church leader was arrested on suspicion of luring his followers to their deaths

A plane laden with humanitarian aid on Sunday landed in Sudan, where deadly clashes between the forces of rival generals have raged for just over two weeks.

An aircraft carrying eight tons of emergency medical supplies has landed in Sudan to help hospitals devastated by more than two weeks of fighting between forces loyal to rival generals

The massacre took place in the northern village of Karma and surrounding areas.

A bloody chaos with a cast of warlords, chancers and cynical exploiters, the latest conflict in Africa has parallels with Syria

Sudan's army and its rival paramilitary said Sunday they will extend a humanitarian cease-fire a further 72 hours. The decision follows international pressure to allow the safe passage of civilians and aid but the shaky truce has not so far stopped the clashes.