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More than 180 people killed in Sudan fighting: UN envoy

A man walks along a road near a "technical" vehicle (pickup truck mounted with turret) of Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitaries stationed outside the offices of Dar al-Mushaf (African Holy Koran Publishing House), in the south of Sudan's capital Khartoum on April 17, 2023. (Credit: AFP)

More than 180 people have been killed and another 1,800 injured in three days of fighting between rival factions in Sudan, the United Nations special representative to the country said Monday.

"It's a very fluid situation so it's very difficult to say where the balance is shifting to," Volker Perthes added of the violence between the army and paramilitary forces led by rival generals.


More than 180 people have been killed and another 1,800 injured in three days of fighting between rival factions in Sudan, the United Nations special representative to the country said Monday.

"It's a very fluid situation so it's very difficult to say where the balance is shifting to," Volker Perthes added of the violence between the army and...