Heavy gunfire in Sudan as ceasefire calls ignored
An aerial view of black smoke rising above the Khartoum International Airport amid ongoing battles between the forces of two rival generals. – AFP pic, April 21, 2023.
SUDAN’S warring forces battled today with heavy gunfire and explosions in the capital Khartoum and elsewhere in the country, as they ignored appeals by world powers for an end-of-Ramadan ceasefire. More than 300 people have been killed and thousands wounded since the fighting erupted on Saturday between forces loyal to Sudan’s army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his deputy, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, the commander of the powerful paramilitary Rapid Support Forces , who is commonly known as Hemeti.
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