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Calls grow for ceasefire in Sudan as deadly fighting continues

Calls grow for ceasefire in Sudan as deadly fighting continues

US, UK, African Union and Arab states among those calling for end to fighting, as death toll nears 100

Fighting between rival government factions is intensifying across much of Sudan as diplomatic efforts to end the conflict begin to gather momentum.

At least 97 people have been killed and hundreds wounded as clashes have spread since Saturday, when violence erupted between army units loyal to Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the head of Sudan’s transitional governing Sovereign Council, and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), led by Gen Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemedti, who is deputy head of the council.

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