The live blog is now closed, thank you for joining us. Here are the updates for Monday, May 1:
The live blog is now closed, thank you for joining us. Here are the updates for Monday, May 1:
- Fighting is under way in Khartoum as the UN warns that Sudan is at a humanitarian “breaking point”.
- Rival military forces accuse each other of new violations of a ceasefire that they had just agreed to extend as their devastating conflict enters a third week.
- The World Food Programme resumes operations after three staff members were killed on the second day of the conflict.
- Border countries are facing an economic strain as they take in Sudanese refugees.
- At least 528 people have been killed and 4,599 wounded in the conflict since it started on April 15.