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Images show Khartoum International Airport in a state of seeming calm as the fragile 72-hour ceasefire agreed by Sudan's warring parties holds. The halt in fighting was brokered by the United States, and has provided the opportunity for many countries to conduct the evacuation of nationals. Since April 15, deadly fighting has pitted the paramilitaries of General Mohamed Hamdane Daglo’s Rapid Support Forces (FSR) against the regular army of General Abdel Fattah al-Burhane, with UN agencies reporting that at least 459 people have been killed and more than 4,000 wounded so far. IMAGES
Smoke billows and gunshots ring out during clashes in Khartoum between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the army. For the fourth straight day, Sudanese paramilitaries fought the regular army for control of a key armoured corps base in the capital's south. IMAGES
Sudanese worshippers attend prayers of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at al-Hara al-Rabaa mosque in Khartoum's twin city Omdourman. Sudan's warring forces battled for the seventh day with heavy gunfire and explosions, as they ignored appeals by world powers for an end-of-Ramadan ceasefire. IMAGES
War-torn Sudan's army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan visits casualties receiving treatment at a hospital in the southeastern Gedaref state, on the first day of Eid al-Fitr that marks the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. IMAGES
The United Nations Security Council calls for a ceasefire in Sudan to coincide with the Muslim holy month of Ramadan as conditions in the country deteriorate. Fourteen countries backed the resolution, proposed by Britain, with only Russia abstaining on the vote that called on "all parties to the conflict to seek a sustainable resolution to the conflict through dialogue." IMAGES
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres calls for warring parties in Sudan to agree to a ceasefire during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. "I call on all parties in Sudan to honor the values of Ramadan by honoring a Ramadan cessation of hostilities," he tells a Security Council meeting. SOUNDBITE
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