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The UN special envoy to Sudan has condemned the ongoing violence and called on both sides to pause their hostilities to allow humanitarian access to civilians. The fighting follows a rift between Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the leader of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), and Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, better known as Hemedti, who is the head of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

The regional Intergovernmental Authority on Development (Igad) is preparing to send the presidents of South Sudan, Djibouti and Kenya to Khartoum to try to negotiate a ceasefire.

And in a special report by Africa Eye: The shocking rise of sexual abuse of young girls in northern Uganda that has seen a surge since the during the Covid-19 pandemic.

(Photo: Sudanese army soldiers pose for a picture outside a base of the rival Rapid Support Forces. Credit: Getty Images)