0ur africa correspondent catherine beeya ruhanga has more. thousands of peoples continue to stream in between the vast border of sudan and south sudan. here at this makeshift transit centre, there are about 4000 people. as night is approaching, a lot of them are getting ready to sleep out in the open, and if they are lucky enough to have some of the makeshift material either class or tends to make makeshift shelter, they might have some kind of shelter. aid agencies say they really weren t prepared for this crisis, so they are struggling to provide basic services like water, food, shelter. the government of south sudan have
in the crosshairs of the fighting in khartoum. they were shooting, me and the kids would stay here because it s the safest area for us to stay. we had the army behind us and the rs if in front of us and the rs if in front of us and they were shooting at each other and we were in the middle so that was the hardest point of the whole situation. we laid down and i was talking to them constantly, explaining, we are quite safe here, we re on the ground, nothing is happening to us, i m looking at and around to my children say we are in danger i m not going to turn around to my children and say we are in danger. mohammed and his children have now been evacuated to england. 0ur africa correspondent andrew harding has more on the state of the conflict. no head yet of the current
defences were at work after explosions were heard. the telegram messaging app. we start in sudan, where two rival military factions have announced a new ceasefire, but are showing few signs that they will honor it. air strikes continued to pound the capital of khartoum on saturday, as more than 500 deaths have been reported, though the true number of casualties is believed to be much higher. the united nations and african union are warning that the people of sudan are in dire need of a humanitarian truce. martin griffiths, the un s emergency relief coordinator, is being sent to sudan along with a special envoy to coordinate humanitarian operations. it s understood many of the aid agency s warehouses were looted by fighting military factions. thousands of people are evacuating on ships to the saudi arabian port city ofjeddah. 0ur africa correspondent andrew harding has recently arrived injeddah, and gave us this update. as the fighting intensifies in khartoum, people are fleeing eith
the most intense fighting in sudan has been taking place in the capital khartoum, where explosions and gunfire have been heard in the past few hours. the un estimates that at least 400 people have been killed across sudan since the fighting began a week ago. the conflict is the result of a power struggle between the national army led by general abdel fattah al burhan and the rsf paramilitary group led by general mohamed hamdan dagalo. the two men had been sharing power since leading a coup in 2021, but recently disagreed on how sudan should be ruled going forward. 0ur africa correspondent andrew harding is following the story from johannesburg in south africa. in terms of the ceasefire that was supposed to last, and has been interrupted by gunfire, what does that show about how this situation is escalating? it is
attempts by other countries to evacuate their citizens from sudan have been abandoned because it is currently too dangerous to move. the head of the sudanese army says he can see only a military solution to the fighting. general abdel fattah al burhan has said he sees no room for talks with paramilitaries of the rapid support forces. in new york, the un secretary general antonio guterres appealed for an immediate, three day truce to mark the muslim holiday of eid. 0ur africa correspondent andrew harding has sent this report. another sunrise over khartoum, but still no sign of the promised ceasefire in sudan s shell shocked capital. across this vast country, hospitals are increasingly overwhelmed. these, the victims of a power struggle between two rival armies, a war that s being waged in crowded cities with no regard for civilian life. doctors can t even reach