Eyewitnesses reported the rise of columns of smoke in the vicinity of the presidential palace, the correspondent of "Radio Sawa" reported.

 Edited by| Paul Mitchel

Africa section -  CJ journalist

Sudan conflict news section

Khartoum - May,3,2023

 This was accompanied by talk of clashes inside the Republican Palace between the army and the Rapid Support forces.

Amid the continuing fighting between the regular army and the Rapid Support forces in Sudan, intermittent explosions were heard in the capital

Amid the overflights of military aviation in the north of Khartoum Bahri.

The correspondent of Radio "Sawa" in Khartoum said that the military aviation of the army is flying over the vicinity of the headquarters of radio and television in

Darman, at which the Rapid Support forces fire anti-aircraft.

A Reuters witness said that air strikes echoed in the capital, Khartoum, on Wednesday, despite the agreement of both sides in the conflict

A new seven-day ceasefire is in effect from Thursday.

Reuters reported that Army fighters bombed positions of Rapid Support Forces units in residential areas in the capital and its surroundings.

The support forces announced on Wednesday the destruction of 4 tanks and the seizure of others, during a confrontation with the army in the center of Khartoum.

Meanwhile, tens of thousands of residents left the Khartoum area and neighboring cities for fear of air strikes.

Saudi Arabia condemned what it said was the Storming of the cultural annex building in Khartoum on Tuesday, but did not provide other details.

The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced that the building of the cultural annex in Sudan was subjected to "storming" and "vandalism" by

She called them an"armed group".

The UN humanitarian commissioner, Martin Griffiths, arrived in Port Sudan to "reaffirm" his commitment

With the help of the Sudanese people.

His spokesman said that improving the conditions for the delivery of aid through guarantees of safe transit would be a priority for him.

Fighting continued in Sudan on Wednesday between the regular army and the Rapid Support forces, coinciding with the arrival of an envoy

The United Nations for Humanitarian Affairs is trying to find a way out of the current crisis.

During his visit, the UN envoy called for security guarantees "at the highest level" to secure the delivery of aid after the looting of six

Trucks carrying food aid.

Griffiths ' visit came the day after the South Sudanese Foreign Ministry announced in a statement that the parties to the conflict had agreed "in principle."،

During a call with President Salva Kiir, a seven-day truce begins Thursday.

The Sudanese capital has been in chaos since fighting broke out on April 15 between the army led by Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah

Al-Burhan, and the Rapid Support forces commanded by his deputy, Mohammed Hamdan Daglo, known by the nickname "hemedti".

The fighting in Khartoum and other areas, especially in Darfur in the West, resulted in more than 500 deaths

And 5,000 were injured, according to official data, which is believed to be much less than reality.

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