The warring factions were using heavy weapons in battles in the Kalaka neighborhood and the military's aircraft were seen hovering over the area, said resident Abdalla al-Fatih. Residents in Khartoum said fierce fighting was underway early Sunday south of the capital.

The war has turned the capital Khartoum and other urban areas across the country into battlefields.

The coup and ensuing conflict dashed Sudanese hopes of a peaceful shift to democracy after a popular uprising forced the military removal of longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir in April 2019. The fighting began 18 months after the two generals led a military coup in October 2021 that toppled a Western-backed civilian transition government. More than 2.9 million people have fled their homes to safer areas inside Sudan or crossed into neighboring countries, according to U.N. The death tally, however, is highly likely to be much higher, he said. Health Minister Haitham Mohammed Ibrahim said last month that the clashes have killed over 3,000 people and wounded over 6,000 others. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, commander of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, exploded into open fighting in mid-April. Sudan descended into chaos after months of tension between military chief Gen.

Guterres warned late Saturday that the war between the Sudanese military and a powerful paramilitary force is likely to destabilize the entire region, according to Farhan Haq, deputy spokesperson for the U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Sudan is on the brink of a 'full-scale civil war' as fierce clashes between rival generals continued unabated Sunday in the capital of Khartoum.

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