Heavy Battles In Sudan Despite Latest Truce

Heavy explosions and gunfire rocked Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, and its twin city of Omdurman, residents said, despite the extension of a fragile truce between the county’s two top generals whose power struggle has left hundreds dead. Sudanese medics say 74 were killed during two days of fighting in the West Darfur capital Al-Junaynah. After two weeks of skirmishes that have turned Khartoum into a war zone and thrown Sudan into turmoil, a group of international mediators, including African and Arab nations, the United Nations and the United States — were intensifying their pressure on the rival generals to enter talks…