Sudan: fighting eases during truce as thousands flee country

With partially held ceasefire due to expire on Thursday, UN says neither side ready to seriously negotiate

• Sudan crisis – latest updates

Sounds of gunfire and explosions have continued to rock Sudan’s capital, but the intensity of the fighting across the country has eased for a truce that residents hope will provide relief for people trapped with dwindling food, water and medicine.

On Wednesday afternoon, an army jet thundered across Khartoum and bombed militant positions in the city’s western outskirts, hitting an apartment block in the neighbourhood of Ombada.