Sudan fighting: Thousands of civilians began to flee the city, others remained barricaded in their homes
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00:00 After five days of fighting, thick plumes of smoke still billowed over the battle-scarred
00:04 Sudanese capital.
00:06 In its nearly deserted streets, a few smoldering vehicle carcasses and scurrying silhouettes
00:13 as thousands of civilians began to flee the city.
00:17 Many others remained barricaded in their homes without electricity or water, their food supplies
00:22 getting dangerously low.
00:24 We have been inside for the past four days.
00:27 Today we were starting to run out of some essentials, so he had to go restock.
00:31 And it's not particularly a great situation because you can hear your brother walking
00:35 outside the house and you can hear the clashing noise.
00:41 And you're just like, you're wondering if he's going to come back, was it worth it?
00:44 Tuesday's ceasefire announcement had raised hopes of a lull in the fighting, but it soon
00:49 became clear neither side would abide by the agreement.
00:52 On Wednesday, FSR fighters patrolled the streets in armored vehicles, while government fighter
00:57 jets roared overhead, bombing relentlessly.
01:01 We heard there would be a ceasefire, but it didn't happen.
01:06 On the contrary, fighting has intensified.
01:10 Meanwhile governments began to evacuate their nationals amid reports of attacks against
01:15 foreigners, aid workers and diplomats.
01:18 There is ongoing fighting in Khartoum.
01:20 It is creating a climate that is extremely dangerous for civilians and by definition
01:29 for our staff, humanitarian staff, diplomatic staff.
01:34 The fighting, which erupted Saturday, opposes the national army loyal to General Abdel Fattah
01:39 al-Burhan to the FSR paramilitary group led by his former ally Mohamed Daghlou.
01:46 Military experts say the two sides appear evenly matched for now, and warn the conflict
01:50 is unlikely to end anytime soon.
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