Hopes of 24-hour ceasefire to evacuate civilians and wounded after US secretary of state intervenes

A major aid organisation says it is nearly impossible to provide humanitarian services in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, where fighting between rival political factions has trapped millions of people in their homes.

“The truth is that at the moment it is almost impossible to provide any humanitarian services in and around Khartoum,” Farid Aiywar, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent societies’ head of delegation for Sudan, said. “There are calls from various organisations and people trapped asking for evacuation.”

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