US, UK, African Union and Arab states among those calling for end to fighting, as death toll nears 100
Fighting between rival government factions intensified across much of Sudan on Monday morning as diplomatic efforts to end the conflict began to gather momentum.
At least 97 people have been killed and hundreds wounded as clashes have spread since Saturday, when violence erupted between army units loyal to Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the head of Sudan’s transitional governing Sovereign Council, and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), led by Gen Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemedti, who is deputy head of the council.
