Explosions rock Khartoum, Sudan as warring generals escalate fighting despite truce talks

On Wednesday night, Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, was struck by loud explosions, indicating an escalation in fighting between warring generals despite ongoing truce talks in Saudi Arabia.

The two sides' representatives, army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and paramilitary commander Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, had flown to Saudi Arabia on Saturday for peace negotiations, which have been labeled "pre-negotiation talks" by Saudi and US mediators. However, the talks have not yielded any visible results, and explosions continue to hit the city, as per residents' reports. There has been no announcement of any progress in the talks being held in Jeddah, the Red Sea port city. A Saudi diplomat acknowledged that a permanent ceasefire was not even on the table, as each side "believes it is capable of winning the battle."

Meanwhile, the UN aid official Martin Griffiths has left Jeddah after proposing a declaration of commitments for the two parties to guarantee the safe passage of humanitarian relief. Since the fighting began on April 15, more than 750 people, mostly civilians, have been killed, while nearly 150,000 refugees have crossed into neighboring countries, and 700,000 people have been displaced within Sudan.

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