Coverage dated April 18, 2023

Sudanese flee their homes as truce fails, fighting rages

Headline from Courthouse News Service

Nearly 300 people have been killed in the past five days, the U.N. health agency said, but the toll is likely higher, since many bodies have been left in the streets, unreachable because of clashes.

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Reports & sources

8 articles, oldest first.

  1. Al Jazeera

    Residents flee Khartoum as fighting continues (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    Bodies on the streets of the Sudanese capital as fighting enters fifth day despite ceasefire claims.

  2. Al-Monitor

    Thousands flee 'bodies on the streets' in battle-scarred Khartoum (opens Al-Monitor)

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    Al-Monitor's feed description

    Thousands of residents on Wednesday fled Sudan's capital, where witnesses said bodies lay in the street from fighting between the army and paramilitaries after a 24-hour truce failed to take hold.Five days of fighting in Khartoum and elsewhere in the northeast African country have killed more than 2…

  3. Al Jazeera

    Thousands flee as new ceasefire attempt fails in Sudan (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    Khartoum residents struggle with power cuts, water shortage as fighting rages for fifth day.

  4. Al-Monitor

    Thousands flee Sudan capital as clashes rage despite truce (opens Al-Monitor)

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    Al-Monitor's feed description

    Thousands of residents fled Sudan's capital Wednesday as fighting between the army and paramilitaries, that has killed around 200 people, raged for a fifth day after a 24-hour truce collapsed.The violence erupted on Saturday between the forces of two generals who seized power in a 2021 coup: army ch…

  5. The Guardian

    Civilians flee Khartoum as ceasefire fails to hold (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Army and RSF accuse the other of breaking deal as death toll mounts in Sudanese capital and remote regions

  6. Courthouse News Service

    Sudanese flee their homes as truce fails, fighting rages (opens Courthouse News Service)

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    Courthouse News Service's feed description

    Nearly 300 people have been killed in the past five days, the U.N. health agency said, but the toll is likely higher, since many bodies have been left in the streets, unreachable because of clashes.

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