Heavy clashes in Sudan’s capital despite truce being extended

Multiple short truces have not stopped the fighting but they did create enough of a lull for tens of thousands of Sudanese to flee to safer areas and for foreign nations to evacuate thousands of their citizens by land, air and sea

People walk to a bus at Soekarno-Hatta airport in Indonesia after being evacuated from Sudan (Achmad Ibrahim/AP)

Heavy explosions and gunfire have rocked parts of Sudan’s capital Khartoum and its twin city of Omdurman, residents said.

The reported fighting comes despite a fragile truce between the county’s two top generals, whose power struggle has killed hundreds, being extended.