[1/16] European, Asian and African nationals prepare to board a ship to Saudi Arabia, at Port Sudan, Sudan April 28, 2023. Hundreds of people have been killed and thousands wounded since a long-simmering power struggle between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) erupted into conflict on April 15. The RSF said the army had used artillery and warplanes to attack its positions in a number of areas in Khartoum province. Sudan's police said that the force had been deployed to protect markets and property that had been subjected to looting. "There are no direct negotiations, there are preparations for talks," U.N. special representative in Sudan, Volker Perthes, told journalists in Port Sudan, adding that regional and international countries were working with the two sides.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 01, 2023 14:02 UTC