Multiple ceasefires have been broken between the country’s warring generals.

Civilians reported escalated fighting after the army quit ceasefire talks on Wednesday.

Witnesses reported artillery fire in eastern Khartoum and in Omdurman, just across the Nile.

The United Nations says 1.2 million people have been internally displaced and more than 425,000 have fled to neighbouring countries.

Violence erupted in April after months of escalating tensions between rival generals Abdel-Fattah Burhan and Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo.

There are 230 Goal aid workers still in the African country where fighting has continued despite multiple ceasefires.

There had been an absence of signals on the ground that fighters intended to honour the truce as gunfire and explosions still rocked Khartoum today.

The ceasefire is set to go into effect at 9.45pm (19.45 GMT) tomorrow.

We sit down with Dr Sulafa Salama, a Sudanese doctor working in St James’s in Dublin, who was trapped in Khartoum when the fighting broke out. We’re also joined by Dr Aia Mohamed, assistant professor at Trinity College Dublin, who speaks to us about how her father was visiting Sudan when the fighting broke out.

“Some people were praying, some people were crying.”

More than 750 people have been killed and hundreds of thousands displaced since fighting erupted on 15 April.

The talks had yielded “no major progress” as both sides believe they can win the battle, a Saudi diplomat said.

A joint US-Saudi statement welcomed the “start of pre-negotiation talks” and urged sustained global support to quell fighting.

US President Joe Biden threatened to impose sanctions on those responsible for the conflict which has killed hundreds in less than three weeks.

The latest advice from the Department of Foreign Affairs to Irish citizens in Sudan is to ‘shelter in place, remain indoors and observe local restrictions’.

Fighting between the Sudanese army and a paramilitary group is in its third week.

The Sudanese Armed Forces and the rival Rapid Support Forces both confirmed a three-day extension of a truce that was due to end at midnight.

Protesters gathered on O’Connell Street in Dublin today in solidarity with the people of Sudan.

There have been multiple truce efforts since fighting broke out on 15 April between Sudan’s army and the paramilitary group RSF.

Joining us on this week’s episode to explain more is Jehanne Henry, a human rights lawyer based in East Africa. She was an advisor to the transitional government in 2020-21, and previously held the role of associate director in Human Rights Watch’s Africa division.

Irish citizens have been evacuated on flights arranged by EU partners and the UK.

‘There will be a famine situation and people will die of hunger even if they survive the bullets.’

A team of 12 Army Ranger Wing operators have been dispatched to Djibouti to rescue Irish citizens trapped in Sudan.

Ireland is among countries currently evacuating citizens from the northeast African country due to the conflict.

Joe Biden has called for an “immediate and unconditional ceasefire”.

Ships carrying civilians from 11 different countries landed in the Saudi port of Jeddah today.

More than 300 people have been killed and thousands wounded since the fighting erupted last week.

Cathal Berry told The Journal: ‘We’ve seen this movie before, we know how it ends, it ends in an evacuation.’

Residents in Omdurman, adjacent to the capital Khartoum, said they still heard sporadic gunfire and explosions after the announced truce took effect.

A European Commission spokesperson was unable to confirm if Monday’s incident was a targeted attack.

“If it continues like this, I don’t know what the consequences will be. It will be terrible.”

An Irish diplomat was also injured yesterday when he was attacked at his home in Sudan.

The raging battles triggered a wide international outcry with appeals for an immediate ceasefire and dialogue.