Sudan extends airspace closure until Aug. 15 due to conflict
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Sudanese airspace was closed to regular traffic after a military conflict erupted in mid-April
(Reuters) - The Sudanese civil aviation authority extended the closure of Sudan's airspace until Aug. 15, except for humanitarian aid and evacuation flights, Khartoum International Airport said in a statement early on Monday.
Sudanese airspace was closed to regular traffic after a military conflict erupted between the country's army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in mid-April.
Meanwhile, Sudan’s paramilitaries have ordered civilians to vacate homes in the capital Khartoum’s south, several residents said on Sunday, as fighting between the forces of rival generals raged in the western Darfur region.
“Members of the Rapid Support Forces told me I had 24 hours to leave the area,” said Khartoum resident Fawzy Radwan.
He had been guarding his family’s home since fighting began in the city more than three months ago between the RSF and the regular army.
The war between army chief Gen. Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan and his former deputy, RSF commander Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, has killed at least 3,900 people, according to a conservative estimate, and displaced some 3.5 million.
Much of the fighting has occurred in densely populated neighborhoods of Khartoum, pushing 1.7 million residents to flee and forcing the millions who remain to shelter from the crossfire in their homes, rationing water and electricity.
