Fears of surge in violence in Sudan as no ceasefire agreed before end of Eid

More shelling and gunfights in Khartoum as efforts to impose ceasefire before end of Muslim holiday fail

Sudan faces a weekend of intensified violence after last-minute efforts to impose a ceasefire before the end of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr on Friday night and bring a close to almost a week of fighting in the capital failed.

Hundreds of thousands of civilians have now spent almost a week trapped in their homes in Khartoum, with dwindling supplies of food, limited power and under constant bombardment.