As the three-day ceasefire between the Sudanese Army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) expired, the RSF set fire to the intelligence building next door to Army Headquarters.

According to media reports, the renewed violence in Khartoum comes as the aid organisation Doctors Without Borders (MSF) reported severe violence against civilians in the West Darfur region.

The report said people trying to flee to neighbouring Chad were shot at and killed.

There have been repeated attacks in Sudan, a country of about 46 million, even during the ceasefire.

As in previous ceasefires, the army and the RSF accused each other of breaking the agreement brokered with the help of Saudi Arabia and the United States.

Since mid-April, there have been several ceasefires, but they have never been observed.

The RSF of former deputy Mohammed Hamdan Daglo is a quasi-army formed from militias with tens of thousands of fighters.

It is fighting against the armed forces under the de facto head of state, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan.

The two generals swept to power together in 2019 and 2021 but fell out.

According to the United Nations International Organisation for Migration (IOM), almost 2.2 million people are on the run due to the conflict.

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), almost 25 million need help, including at least four million children.

(dpa/NAN)