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Sudanese forces are battling in the capital as the United Nations sees little prospect for mediation amid a "catastrophic" humanitarian situation.

Heavy gunfire shattered a 24-hour truce in Sudan on Tuesday shortly after it was due to take effect under U.S. pressure on warring military factions to halt fighting that has touched off a humanitarian crisis.

There are growing fears the fighting may plunge the country into civil war.

The rupture between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has killed at least 185 and injured more than 1,800.

Mounting tension between Sudan’s two most powerful generals, each backed by a formidable force, has boiled over into open conflict just 18 months after they conspired to derail the country’s transition to democracy – with civilians caught in the crossfire of a deadly power struggle.

It is too dangerous to bury the more than 180 civilians who have died, while hospitals are running out of supplies as rival military factions clash

Dozens have been killed in armed clashes in the Sudanese capital Khartoum following months of tension between the military and the powerful paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Behind the tensions is a disagreement over the integration of the paramilitary group into the armed forces – a key condition of…

Fighting in Sudan since April 15 has killed hundreds of people, sparked a humanitarian crisis with thousands fleeing their homes and prompted foreign countries to evacuate their citizens for fear of an all-out civil war in an already unstable region.

Commonly known as Hemedti, the general of the Rapid Support Forces rose through the ranks of Janjaweed in 2003-05 war

The RAF rushes to evacuate as many UK nationals as possible from the war-ravaged African country amid a ceasefire

Sudan's battling factions both claimed to have made gains on Monday as violence cut power and water in the capital, and the U.N. envoy to Sudan said the two sides showed no signs of being willing to negotiate.