Fighting in Sudan: Air strikes on the capital intensify

Amid ongoing fighting in Sudan, air strikes on targets in the capital Khartoum intensified early Wednesday morning. More gunfire was also heard on the fifth day of fighting, a DPA reporter at the scene said. As early as Tuesday evening, hopes of a possible 24-hour ceasefire, previously announced by representatives of the warring factions, had been dashed. It was the third failed ceasefire since fighting began on Saturday.

In the Northeast African country, which has been politically unstable for years, the two most powerful generals and their units fight for supremacy. The two men have led the gold- and oil-rich country of about 46 million people since a joint military coup in 2021. De facto President Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the army’s commander-in-chief, is fighting his deputy, Mohammed Hamdan Daglo, the leader of the mighty Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

According to the United Nations, 270 people have been killed and 2,600 injured since the fighting broke out. Thousands of citizens are therefore trapped in their apartments and houses, often without electricity and without the possibility of getting food, water or medicine. (oee/sda/dpa)