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Countries have started to evacuate their stranded citizens as fierce fighting continues to rage in Khartoum, with France being the latest one to evacuate around

Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. Countries have started to evacuate their stranded citizens as fierce fighting continues to rage in Khartoum, with France being the latest one to evacuate around 100 people of multiple nationalities on the first French flight after a "complicated" rescue operation. World News | Sudan War Intensifies, Countries Begin Evacuation Drive.

In Khartoum, gunshots have erupted outside apartments and rockets have screamed across city blocks, trapping people in their homes as food supplies dwindle

Even before generals went to war, everyone wanted chunk of Sudan

Wagner has offered powerful weapons, including surface-to-air missiles, to R.S.F. paramilitaries, American officials said.

But the army commander, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, who is Sudan’s de facto leader, has derailed the country’s transition to democratic rule in the past

Even before its two leading generals went to war last week, “everyone wanted a chunk of Sudan,” an expert said of the strategically located country rich in natural resources.

With two generals vying for power, residents in the Sudanese capital said the violence had destroyed hospitals, airfields and homes, and left civilians caught in the crossfire.

Warplanes struck Sudan’s main international airport, and rival paramilitaries fired on them with antiaircraft guns. The fighting continued into a fifth day after an announced cease-fire unraveled.

What led the two generals, recently allies, to turn their forces on each other — devastating a country of 45 million people?