The Latest Breaking News on Sudan armed conflict spreading to new regions, warns UN

Perth residents are among more than 150 people flown home to Australia by the government to escape conflict in Sudan. They remain fearful for those left behind.

The Foreign Secretary urged Britons to make their way to Port Sudan.

More British nationals arrived at Birmingham Airport on Tuesday evening.

Fighting between rival generals continued in Sudan on Tuesday despite the latest truce. The United Nations says more than 430,000 people have fled their homes due to the violence that broke out mid April. The agency also warned of a "catastrophic" humanitarian crisis with funding falling $1.5bn (€1.3 billion) short…

Sudan's warring military factions agreed to a new and longer seven-day ceasefire from Thursday, neighbour and mediator South Sudan said, even as more air strikes and shooting in the Khartoum capital region undercut their latest supposed truce.

Sudanese fleeing the fighting between rival generals in their capital flooded an already overwhelmed city on the Red Sea and Sudan’s northern borders with Egypt, as explosions and gunfire echoed Monday in Khartoum. Many exhausted Sudanese and foreigners arrived in Port Sudan, the country's main seaport, joining thousands who have…

Warring factions observe fragile truce as foreign governments shutter embassies and race to evacuate their diplomats and citizens

The fighting in Sudan has caused more than 330,000 people to flee their homes within the country, with over 100,000 others escaping over the borders, the United Nations said Tuesday, as gunfire and explosions echoed across the capital despite another ceasefire deal.

Fierce fighting between rival generals raged on in Sudan Tuesday despite the latest truce, as warnings multiplied of the potential for a "catastrophic" humanitarian crisis with hundreds of thousands of refugees. Bloodshed has gripped Sudan since April 15 when tensions erupted into armed exchanges between regular army chief Abdel Fattah…