Shelling and airstrikes have devastated parts of the Sudanese In the capital on Sunday, there were few signs that warring military factions were ready to back down in a clash that despite hundreds of deaths in ceasefire talks Saudi Arabia.

Khartoum and the adjoining cities of Bahri and Omdurman on two tributaries of the Nile have been the main battlegrounds of the conflict, along with West Darfur province, since fighting began a month ago between the army and Rapid Support Forces paramilitary groups.

Shelling hit Bahri and airstrikes hit Omdurman earlier on Sunday, according to Reuters reporters and witnesses. Al Arabiya TV reported fierce clashes in central Khartoum.

“In Saliha, there was a heavy airstrike near us and the doors of houses were shaking,” said Salma Yassin, a teacher in Omdurman.

The fighting has left hundreds dead, 200,000 have fled as refugees to neighboring countries and another 700,000 have been displaced within Sudan, unleashing a humanitarian catastrophe and threatening to draw in external forces and destabilize the region.

The number killed in fighting in the Western capital Geneina on Friday and Saturday Darfurreaching more than 100 people, including the imam of the city’s old mosque, the Darfur Bar Association said in a statement.

Local rights groups have blamed the killings, looting and arson in El Geneina on attacks by armed groups on motorcycles and the Rapid Support Forces, which killed hundreds in violence last month. RSF has denied responsibility for the riots.

Army Chief of Staff Abdul Fattah al-Burhan and Armed Forces Without Borders leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo share power after a 2021 coup, itself a It follows the 2019 uprising that toppled the veteran Islamic dictator Omar Bashir.

But they have sparred over the terms and timing of their planned transition to civilian rule, and neither has shown he is prepared to back down, with the military controlling air power and the RSF deep into urban areas.

The truce has repeatedly been broken, but the U.S. and Saudi Arabia are mediating talks in Jeddah aimed at securing a lasting ceasefire.

“You don’t know how long this war will go on… Houses are becoming unsafe and we don’t have enough money to leave Khartoum. Why are we paying for the war in Burhan and Hemedti?” said teacher Yassin.

On Thursday, the two sides agreed to a “declaration of principles” to protect civilians and ensure humanitarian access, but the fighting has not stopped as Sunday’s discussions will address the agreement’s monitoring and enforcement mechanisms.