A 24-hour ceasefire in Sudan has fallen apart, as military airstrikes rained down on Khartoum’s main international airport on the fifth day of fighting today, while paramilitaries shot at the Sudanese army jets in response. At least 185 people have died so far, as the U.N. warns the conflict has created a humanitarian catastrophe. The civilian population has been increasingly cut off from essentials including power, food and healthcare. This is a Sudanese activist and humanitarian worker who fled the capital Khartoum.

Mahmoud Alameen: “No one can buy their daily needs. Military clashes continue during the night, so it is not recommended to go out to buy your needs. It is dark. Power is off. So it is dangerous, because the fighting parties cannot figure out if you’re a civilian or a militant. I believe this Ramadan is like hell for people in Sudan.”

Aid workers continue to face violent attacks, with reports of sexual assaults. A Doctors Without Borders compound in Nyala, the capital of South Darfur, was raided by armed men. Residents describe the terror and chaos of war as they grapple with dwindling supplies.

Hadeel Mohamed: “At one point you’ll find yourself praying a lot to really be, you know, saved throughout this, and the country to be saved throughout this. And then, in other times, you’re too lost in what’s happening around you. Are you going to be OK? Are your friends going to be OK? Your family? Your neighbors? Even the people you don’t really know but you see around in the streets, you know?”