The Latest Breaking News from Khartoum

Khartoum (AFP) - Gun battles and explosions again rocked Sudan's capital Monday despite the latest truce agreed between warring generals as the United Nations described a humanitarian catastrophe.

Flight left Port Sudan on Monday evening as fighting continued to rage in the capital, Khartoum

Khartoum (AFP) - Fierce fighting broke out again Monday between Sudan's army and paramilitaries despite the formal extension of a truce, after the United Nations warned the humanitarian situation reached "breaking point".

Sudan's warring generals have agreed to send representatives for negotiations, potentially in Saudi Arabia, the United Nations' top official in the country told The Associated Press on Monday, even as the two sides clashed in the capital despite another three-day extension of a fragile ceasefire. The talks would initially focus…

More than 800,000 people could flee the war-torn country, UN official warns

The country’s warring factions continue to fight despite saying they would extend a barely respected 72-hour ceasefire.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is sending an envoy to the Sudan region amid the "unprecedented" situation there, as deadly hostilities enter a third week, his spokesman said Sunday. The announcement came as the army and heavily armed paramilitaries in Khartoum continued fighting, even as a widely breached ceasefire was extended…

Martin Griffiths, travelling immediately, says people are struggling to get the food and water they need to survive.

A ceasefire has been extended in Sudan, though both sides of the growing hostilities are accusing the other of breaking the agreement already.