Residents say fighting has intensified in Sudan's war-ravaged region of Darfur during a fragile three-day truce between the country's battling top generals that eased fighting in the country’s capital, Khartoum.
In this handout image provided by the UK Ministry of Defence, on Thursday, April 27, 2023, Violinist Othmano, right, hugs his daughter before boarding an RAF C-130, that will take them to Cyprus, at Wadi Seidna military airport, 22 kilometres north of Khartoum, Sudan.
CAIRO — Armed fighters rampaged through a main city in Sudan’s war-ravaged region of Darfur on Thursday, battling each other and looting shops and homes, residents said. The violence came despite a fragile three-day truce
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