Dozens of civilians have been killed and hundreds more injured in the ongoing fighting between Sudanese government troops and paramilitary fighters known as the Rapid Support Forces
has killed at least 185 people and injured more than 1,800, said U.N. envoy Volker Perthes amid airstrikes and fighting in Khartoum and strife across Sudan. Their deadly power struggle has derailed a shift to civilian rule and raised fears of a wider conflict.
"The two sides who are fighting are not giving the impression that they want mediation for a peace between them right away," Perthes told reporters by videolink from Khartoum. The fighting in Khartoum and its adjoining sister cities of Omdurman and Bahri since Saturday is the worst in decades and risks tearing Sudan between two military factions that had shared power during a rocky political transition.
In comments to Sky News, Burhan said he was secure in a presidential guesthouse within the defence ministry compound.
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