Fighting Continues in Sudan Despite Ceasefire Agreement

Clashes are continuing in Sudan, despite the armistice that was agreed upon between the parties to the conflict in the country for 72 hours.

BBC correspondent Muhammad Othman said - by phone from the city of Omdurman, adjacent to the Sudanese capital, Khartoum - that fighting broke out again in the vicinity of the radio and television buildings.

He also stressed that there is "no fuel at all" and that there is a severe shortage of doctors while people struggle to get food and money.

The ceasefire, which began at ten in the evening last Monday, is scheduled to expire in the early hours of Friday.

The struggle for power in Sudan began on April 15 between the leaders of the Sudanese Army and the Rapid Support Forces, which disputed the army's rule of the country.

The Sudanese army said on Wednesday that its commander Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan received an initiative from the "IGAD" organization that included proposals to solve the current crisis and gave its initial approval.

The army added that it would send a representative to Juba, the capital of neighboring South Sudan, to hold talks with a representative of the Rapid Support Forces, within the framework of the regional organization's initiative on development in East Africa.

Earlier, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that it expects that there will be "very many deaths" due to the spread of diseases, the inability to obtain food and drinking water, in addition to the disruptions to healthcare facilities.