In Sudan, heavy explosions and gunfire continue to ring out across the capital Khartoum, even after Sudan’s army agreed to a 72-hour extension of a humanitarian ceasefire with the rival Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group. There are reports of fighting near Sudan’s army headquarters, the presidential palace and Khartoum’s main airport. Residents report severe shortages of flour and other staple foods.

Tarek Ahmed: “People are not thinking about anything except worrying about themselves, their families and extended families. The situation now is that the food supplies are dwindling, and citizens will soon face a famine, or at least a crushing food crisis.”

Even before fighting erupted between rival factions of Sudan’s military government on April 15, a third of Sudan’s 46 million people were dependent on humanitarian aid.