(7 May 2023)
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Khartoum - 7 May 2023
1. Various of a ball of fire, thick black smoke rising near industrial zone ++NIGHT SHOTS++
2. Various of buildings in city after electricity cut off ++NIGHT SHOTS++
3. Wide of street with few people walking
4. Wide of city with smoke rising in distance
STORYLINE:
Fighting between Sudan’s warring sides continued on Sunday after weeks of conflict that has killed hundreds and pushed the African country to the brink of collapse.
Black smoke was seen rising from an industrial zone in the capital, Khartoum.
The fighting erupted on April 15 between the army, led by Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, and a rival paramilitary group called the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) commanded by Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo.
At least 550 people have been killed, including civilians, and more than 4,900 have been wounded as of Monday, according to the Sudanese Health Ministry.
The Sudanese Doctors’ Syndicate, which tracks only civilian casualties, said Friday that 473 civilians have been killed in the violence and more than 2,450 have been wounded.
The fighting capped months of tensions between Burhan and Dagalo.
It has plunged the country into further chaos and forced foreign governments to evacuate their diplomats and thousands of foreign nationals out of Sudan.
Hundreds of thousands of Sudanese have been displaced inside Sudan or crossed into neighbouring countries as the fighting drags on in urban areas.
The U.N. refugee agency has estimated that the number of Sudanese fleeing to neighbouring countries could reach 860,000, and that aid agencies would need $445 million to assist them.
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