FIGHTING between forces loyal to rival generals raged in Sudan for a fifth day Wednesday after an internationally brokered truce quickly fell apart. The U.N. said the death toll had risen to at least 270 since the violence erupted over the weekend.
Sustained gunfire, artillery attacks and airstrikes rocked the capital Khartoum and the city of Omdurman across the Nile River. Residents reported clashes around the military headquarters and near the international airport.
“The battles intensified in the morning after sporadic gunfire over the night,” said Tahani Abass, a prominent rights advocate who lives close to the military headquarters.
A 24-hour cease-fire was to have been in effect from sundown Tuesday to sundown Wednesday, with the warring sides pledging publicly to abide by it after U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke to both generals.
Their failure to pause fighting for even a day, despite high-level diplomatic pressure, suggests they remain bent
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