The fighting entered its second week in Sudan , and the sounds of gunfire and explosions were heard again on Saturday morning in the Sudanese capital, after a decrease in the intensity of the fighting at night, following the announcement of a temporary truce between the army and the Rapid Support Forces.

The battles during the past week have caused hundreds of deaths and thousands of injuries.

The violent explosions that rocked the city in recent days stopped on Friday night after the two sides accepted a truce on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr. But on Saturday morning the shooting resumed.

Violence erupted on April 15 between forces loyal to army commander Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the Rapid Support Forces led by his deputy, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemeti and his sworn enemy.

The two former allies seized full power in a coup in 2021, during which they removed civilians who shared power with the military from power. However, the differences and the struggle for power soon began between them, although they remained latent in the first period.

On Friday, the army announced that it had "agreed to a three-day ceasefire" on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr, which was called for a day earlier by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken.

Dagalo said in a statement that he "discussed the current crisis" with Guterres and "focused on the humanitarian truce, safe passages and the protection of humanitarian workers."

It is very difficult to know the details of field developments in light of the danger of movement, and each of the two parties asserts its superiority on the ground, which cannot be verified. It is also not possible to know who controls what in the capital, whose streets have been deserted by civilians.

In Khartoum , a city with a population of five million, the conflict upended the lives of civilians who were sheltering in terror in their homes without electricity in scorching heat.

A number of them venture out to get urgent food or flee the city.

Resident Sami al-Nur told AFP that the holiday should be "with sweets and pastries, with happy children and people greeting relatives", but instead there is "gunfire and the smell of blood around us".

Khartoum witnessed very violent battles during the past days, as combat aircraft launched air strikes on several locations, while tanks roamed the streets and fired bullets and artillery in densely populated areas. But violence exploded across the country as well.

Late Friday, the army accused the RSF of carrying out attacks in the twin city of the capital, Omdurman, where they released "a large number of inmates" from a prison. But the RSF denied this.

And battles broke out in the Darfur region in western Sudan, where the Doctors Without Borders organization in the city of El Fasher said that the situation was "catastrophic", and "there are not enough beds to accommodate the huge number of wounded", including a large number of children.

Several parties are preparing plans for the evacuation of foreign nationals, while the United States, South Korea and Japan have deployed forces in neighboring countries, and the European Union is considering a similar move.

The US State Department said Friday that the situation remains dangerous for the embassy staff to be evacuated.

Subsequently, the RSF said it was ready to open "partially all airports" in Sudan for the evacuation of foreigners, although it is not possible to know which airports are controlled by these forces.

The World Health Organization said 413 people were killed and 3,551 wounded in the fighting across Sudan, but the actual death toll is believed to be higher, as many of the wounded could not reach hospitals.

The Doctors Syndicate said more than two-thirds of hospitals in Khartoum and neighboring states have now "stopped working". Others were looted and at least four hospitals bombed in North Kordofan state.

The World Food Program said the violence could drive millions more to starvation in a country where 15 million people - a third of the population - need help.

Analysts fear that countries in the region will be drawn into the conflict. The International Crisis Group stressed the need to take urgent steps to stop the slide into "all-out civil war".

The dispute between Al-Burhan and Daglo centers on the plan to integrate the Rapid Support Forces into the army, which is a prerequisite for an agreement aimed at resuming democratic transition in Sudan.

The army overthrew President Omar Al-Bashir in April 2019 after mass popular demonstrations against him, and after he ruled Sudan with an iron fist for three decades.

Al-Burhan and Daglo allied in October 2021 to overthrow a civilian government that was formed after the fall of Al-Bashir, which obstructed the transition to internationally supported democracy.

Dagalo later said the coup was a "mistake" and did not lead to change, while al-Burhan asserted that it was "necessary" to get more parties involved in politics.