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Smoke billows over south Khartoum on the last day of a frequently breached ceasefire, as calls for civilians to arm themselves stoked fears the six-week war will intensify. IMAGES
Smoke billows over south Khartoum after more than a month of deadly fighting between forces loyal to two rival generals. Since April 15, hundreds have died and more than one million have been displaced amid the conflict between Sudan's army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. IMAGES
Sudanese soldiers fire at targets in the capital Khartoum, as fighting entered a second month, amid talks in Saudi Arabia to end the violence. IMAGES
Smoke billows from buildings in southern Khartoum as fighting continues. More than 750 people have been killed and hundreds of thousands displaced since fighting erupted on April 15 between army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his deputy turned rival Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who commands the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces IMAGES
Some 200,000 people have now fled Sudan to escape fighting that erupted in mid-April, in addition to hundreds of thousands who have been displaced inside the country, says UN refugee agency spokesperson Olga Sarrado. SOUNDBITE
A plane carrying 28 South Korean nationals fleeing the fighting in Sudan, including diplomats and their families, arrives in the Saudi coastal city of Jeddah on Monday, according to a Saudi official involved in organising the operation. IMAGES