Despite this truce, the UN reported on Monday several "fights and troop movements" including in the city of Khartoum. It was not immediately clear whether the ceasefire that was supposed to allow the passage of civilians and humanitarian aid was actually being implemented on the ground.
For the 37th consecutive day, the five million inhabitants of the Sudanese capital are in the midst of the fighting, in sweltering heat, most of them without water, electricity and telecommunications. Air raids and explosions struck KhARToum again hours before the week-long ceasefire went into effect.