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Smoke billows over south Khartoum after more than a month of deadly fighting between forces loyal to two rival generals. Since April 15, hundreds have died and more than one million have been displaced amid the conflict between Sudan's army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. IMAGES
Smoke billows over the Sudanese capital Khartoum as fighting between Sudan's warring generals showed no let-up despite talks in Saudi Arabia. IMAGES
Aerial shot of a plume of black smoke rising over Khartoum as battles rage between Sudan's army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Warring generals in Sudan have agreed "in principle" to a seven-day truce, the government of neighbouring South Sudan said, after regional envoys denounced repeated violations of previous truces. IMAGES
Images of near-deserted streets in central Khartoum as fighting between the army and paramilitary forces led by rival generals rocks the Sudanese capital for a fourth day. IMAGES
The United Nations warns that it has only received 12 percent of the $2.7 billion being sought for war-wracked Sudan, adding that "famine is closing in". "This is not just an underfunded appeal" says Jens Laerke, spokesperson for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), "It is a catastrophically underfunded appeal". Tens of thousands of people have died and millions have been displaced in Sudan since war broke out in April 2023 between the country's army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). SOUNDBITE
French, German Foreign Ministers and top EU officials are gathering in Paris for an international conference on Sudan. France is hosting the conference and seeking contributions from the international community, exactly a year after war broke out in the northeast African country, leading to a humanitarian and political crisis. IMAGES