Rival factions defy ceasefire to bombard Sudan's capital, Japan plans evacuation

Continuous bombardments and loud blasts could be heard in central Khartoum in the area around the defence ministry compound and the airport, which has been fiercely contested and put out of action since fighting erupted at the weekend.Foreign powers including the United States have been pushing for a ceasefire between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces to allow residents trapped by the fighting to obtain desperately needed relief and supplies.

The fighting has derailed the latest internationally backed plan for a transition to a civilian democracy, four years after the fall of Islamist autocrat Omar al-Bashir and two years after a military coup. Khartoum residents were asked to limit their electricity usage, as the state's distribution authority said the servers that manage online purchases of power were out of service.

"Most goods aren't available. People are looking for things but they can't find them," said one resident in Bahri who gave only his first name, Mohamed.United Nations agencies say many of their programmes across the vast country, already in a precarious humanitarian situation, have been suspended.

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