The live blog is closed, thank you for joining us. These were the updates on the Sudan conflict on Saturday, April 29.
The live blog is closed, thank you for joining us. These were the updates on the Sudan conflict on Saturday, April 29.
- Fighting between Sudan’s army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has entered a third week, with air raids and artillery causing dark smoke over the capital, Khartoum, and adjacent cities of Bahri and Omdurman.
- Battles rage despite the announcement of a 72-hour ceasefire extension on Friday.
- At least 512 people have been killed and nearly 4,200 wounded since the fighting began on April 15.
- The violence has reawakened a decades-old conflict in Sudan’s West Darfur region where at least 70 people have died.