Thousands of Sudanese have crossed into Chad to flee fighting in the western region of Darfur and thousands more streamed out of the capital Khartoum, where renewed heavy gunfire erupted on Thursday as the latest of several ceasefires broke down.
In an all-out push for a ceasefire, U.N. secretary General Antonio Guterres was holding a virtual summit with the African Union, Arab League and EU, among others, a diplomatic source said.
"We are talking about a humanitarian truce, we are talking about safe passages... we are not talking about sitting down with a criminal," Hemedti said, referring to Burhan.for medics and to allow those trapped to flee. International powers, struggling to evacuate citizens after the airport and embassy districts were caught up in the violence, have also been pushing for truces,. The army has artillery and fighter planes, and controls access to Khartoum.
An alliance between the two men had mostly held since the ouster four years ago of long-time leader Omar al-Bashir, whose rule saw Sudan become an international pariah that was on the U.S. terrorism list.
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