People run out of Khartoum, Sudan on April 18, 2023. (photo: AFP/VNA) |
Residents in Khartoum said they have been running out of food and other supplies as they sheltered in their homes from the gun battles.
The UN reported that about 1.5 million people have left Khartoum since violence broke out in April. Those who are staying in the city have less safe drinking water and food, while electricity is mostly out.
The bloodiest violence broke out in Darfur, a vast western region bordering the Republic of Chad, where the UN has raised the spectre of ethnic violence and crimes against humanity.