Fighting continues in Sudan

Intense clashes between Sudan’s military and the powerful paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), have claimed the lives of at least 296 people and wounded 3,000


Key areas of conflict
Airbases

LIBYA
CHAD
DARFUR
El Geneina
El Fasher
Nyala
C.A.R.
EGYPT
Wadi Halfa
Port Sudan
Dongola
Merowe
SUDAN
Kassaia
Omdurman
Khartoum
El Obeid
Al Qadarif
Kaduqli
SOUTH SUDAN
SAUDI ARABIA
ERITREA
ETHIOPIA

400km 250 miles


Apr 11: Deadline to transfer power from military to civilian government missed

Apr 15: Fighting erupts in Sudanese capital Khartoum between RSF, under leadership of Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, also known as Hemedti (left) and Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan (right)

Apr 15-17: Clashes between RSF and SAF spread throughout Sudan, with RSF attacks on airbases at Nyala in South Darfur, Kaduli, Merowe and in Port Sudan

Apr 18-19: Fighting continues despite two 24-hour ceasefires – 16 hospitals, including nine in Khartoum, shut down. Airbase attacks continue to neutralise SAF air power


Sources: Janes, Reuters, World Health Organization
Pictures: Getty Images 
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