Renewed artillery exchanges rocked a greater part of Khartoum, capital city of Sudan, early Wednesday as warring generals resumed fighting just minutes after the latest US and Saudi-brokered ceasefire expired. Eye witnesses say the Sudanese army and the rival Rapid Support Forces (RSF) clashed in Khartoum. Reports of anti-aircraft fire during an army aircraft operation in Omdurman featured in the wake of the clash. The latest truce had been brokered by Saudi Arabia and the US, as with previous ceasefires there were reports of violations on both sides. Armed conflict between Sudan's army and the paramilitary RSF began in April. On Wednesday morning, residents of Omdurman, just across the Nile from Khartoum, reported heavy artillery exchanges within minutes of the ceasefire expiring at 6:00 am (0400 GMT).
Army warplanes flew low over several adjacent districts, the residents said.
The ceasefire, which coincided with an international donors' conference in Geneva on Monday, brought a brief respite to the millions of civilians who have been trapped by the fighting in greater Khartoum but an exodus of refugees continued to pour of the war's other main battleground Darfur.
Nationwide, over 2,000 people have been killed since the power struggle between Burhan and Daglo erupted into fighting on April 15, the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project said.
More than 2.5 million residents have fled their homes, of whom around 550,000 have sought refuge in neighbouring countries, fled abroad, according to the International Organization for Migration.
Bodies have remained on the streets of the city, where months of unrest have left shops either vacant or gutted by looters.
Residents have fled en masse, grabbing whatever they could to escape to the border with Chad. At least 150,000 people have fled Darfur into Chad since the start of fighting, according to the UN.
