Diplomats Pin Hopes on Sudan Truce Extension as Conflict Rages
- Fighting has left 427 people dead, more than 3,700 injured
- UN warns fighting is expected to escalate in coming 48 hours
A man walks by a house damaged during recent fighting in Khartoum, Sudan, on April 25.
Photographer: Marwan Ali/AP Photo
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International diplomats stepped up efforts to extend a tenuous cease-fire in conflict-ravaged Sudan, looking to avert an escalation in violence many fear could reverberate outside the North African nation’s borders.
The renewed push by the US, the African Union and others played out as the United Nations warned of growing risks to the health and safety of the population. The fighting that erupted between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces on April 15 has deepened the economic plight of the impoverished nation.