As looting and fighting continued for the 25th consecutive day in Khartoum, hundreds of Beja tribesmen demonstrated in Port Sudan, 850 km east of the capital. They demanded arms from the army of General Abdel Fattah al-Burhane to fight alongside the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of General Mohamed Hamdane Daglo. Since April 15, the war has left more than 750 people dead, 5,000 wounded and nearly 150,000 refugees. Above all, the number of displaced persons within Sudan itself has jumped: there are now about 700,000, according to the UN. Many have fled Khartoum, where five million people are living for the fourth consecutive week, barricaded in their homes, for fear of stray bullets.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 10, 2023 15:53 UTC