Cork-based Sudanese doctor calls on international community for help as fighting continues

Khartoum, Sudan, on Wednesday: 'It is very hard to see areas that I recognise that is now completely destroyed.' Picture: AP/Marwan Ali

The general secretary of Cork's Sudanese community has described the civil unrest in his home country as "full blown war".

Dr Osama Ali told RTÉ radio's Morning Ireland that the situation was "unbelievable".