Overnight, the heavy explosions that had previously rocked the city in recent days had subsided, but on Saturday morning, bursts of gunfire resumed.
KHARTOUM - Fighting in Sudan's capital entered a second week Saturday as crackling gunfire shattered a temporary truce, the latest battles between forces of rival generals that have already left hundreds dead and thousands wounded.
While Khartoum has seen some of the fiercest battles -- with fighters jets launching air strikes, tanks prowling the streets and gunfire in densely populated districts -- violence also exploded across the country. On Friday, the US State Department said the situation was still too risky for an evacuation of embassy personnel.
More than two-thirds of hospitals in Khartoum and neighbouring states are now "out of service", the doctors' union said. Others have been looted, and at least four hospitals in North Kordofan state were shelled. Burhan and Daglo's dispute centred on the planned integration of the RSF into the regular army, a key condition for a deal aimed at restoring Sudan's democratic transition.
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