No gunshots heard, a "completely different" day

Residents of Sudan's capital Khartoum said fighting there had subsided on June 10 after the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) agreed to a 24-hour ceasefire.

Giao tranh tại Sudan tạm lắng sau lệnh ngừng bắn 24 giờ

Sudanese people gather to buy food at a market in Khartoum on June 10. (Source: AFP)

Sudan's capital Khartoum has fallen silent after a 24-hour ceasefire began. Hamed Ibrahim, a resident of eastern Khartoum, said it was "the first time that hours have passed without us hearing gunfire since the conflict began. Today is completely different".

At a market in Khartoum, people rushed to buy fruit and other basic goods.

“The ceasefire is an opportunity for us to get some food supplies after we have been living on limited supplies in recent days,” said Mohamad Radwan, one of the shoppers.

Meanwhile, bus worker Ali Issa said many people were taking advantage of this time to leave the capital before the latest ceasefire expires at 6am on June 11, local time (1pm the same day, Vietnam time).

In West Darfur, one of the areas where conflict broke out, there has been no information about compliance with the ceasefire.

Fighting has been raging in Sudan since mid-April, when army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his former deputy General Mohamed Hamdan Daglo - the RSF commander - turned against each other.

Since then, several ceasefires have been agreed, only to be broken. The US imposed sanctions on both men after the latest ceasefire collapsed late last month.

According to the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project, a non-profit organization, about 1,800 people have been killed since the fighting began. Meanwhile, the United Nations says nearly 2 million people have been displaced, of whom 476,000 have sought refuge in neighboring countries.

The fighting has rapidly depleted stocks of food, money and other essentials. There has been looting at banks, embassies, aid agencies and even churches.

Aid agencies say they are unable to provide assistance in Khartoum, due to a lack of security and safe movement of staff.

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