The crisis in Sudan

People in Khartoum. AP 

The crisis in Sudan  

Sudan's healthcare close to collapse - doctor Mohamed offers his help on Twitter 70 percent of the medical care in Sudan has stopped working because of the ongoing civil war, ABC reports. The violence has led to hospitals being short of supplies and staff, among other things.  

Mohamed Karrar was forced to leave the Ibrahim Malik hospital, where he worked, when it was shut down due to a lack of electricity. He then packed a bag with medicine and equipment and has since continued to take care of the needy on his own.  

- I wrote on Twitter that I am an emergency doctor in Al Mamoura who is available for free at any time for anyone who needs me, he says.  

21 Sudanese hospitals have been forcibly evacuated by fighting soldiers, and 17 hospitals have been bombed. 

Abdel-Fattah Burhan, general of Sudan's army, visits soldiers in Khartoum. AP  

The US and Saudi Arabia want to see talks about a new ceasefire  

Saudi Arabia and the United States are urging the warring parties in Sudan to hold new talks to agree on a ceasefire, AFP reports.  

According to Saudi Arabia's Ministry of the Interior, representatives from both sides are in place in the Saudi city of Jeddah, despite previous talks collapsing.  

The civil war in Sudan, fought between the country's army and the paramilitary RSF, is now in its eighth week.