Sudan updates: Supply shortages becoming ‘extremely acute’ – UN

The live blog is now closed, thank you for joining us. Here are the updates on the Sudan conflict from Tuesday, April 25:

The live blog is now closed, thank you for joining us. Here are the updates on the Sudan conflict from Tuesday, April 25:

• Shortages of food, water, medicines and fuel are becoming extremely acute, especially in Khartoum and surrounding areas, according to the UN.
• Sounds of heavy artillery and gunfire are reported in Khartoum’s twin city of Omdurman despite a 72-hour, US-brokered truce between the Sudanese armed forces and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
• Fighting also breaks out in Geneina in West Darfur, according to local reports.
• Thousands of Sudanese people have risked dangerous roads to flee the fighting and seek refuge in neighbouring South Sudan, Egypt and Chad.
• The United Kingdom says it has launched a large-scale evacuation of its citizens from Sudan.