This live blog is closed, thank you for joining us. These were the updates on the Sudan conflict on Friday, April 28.
This live blog is closed, thank you for joining us. These were the updates on the Sudan conflict on Friday, April 28.
- The UN is “concerned at the serious risk of violence escalating in West Darfur”, warning that the hostilities between the military and RSF “have triggered intercommunal violence”.
- Sudan’s army has accused its rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of opening fire on a Turkish evacuation plane as it landed at Wadi Seyidna airport outside Khartoum.
- Turkey’s foreign ministry confirms the aircraft sustained small-arms fire but said no injuries were reported and the C-130 plane required repairs.
- Heavy explosions and gunfire are reported across Khartoum and its twin city of Omdurman despite the announcement of a new 72-hour ceasefire.
- More than 500 people have been killed and close to 4,200 wounded since the fighting began on April 15.