Fighting escalates in Sudan's capital after ceasefire expires

FILE PHOTO: Reem Al Jeally, a Sudanese artist, works on a new painting at her rented house in Cairo, Egypt May 25, 2023. Reem, who with other Sudanese artists fled a raging war back home to Egypt, has left behind more than 50 large canvases at her apartment and gallery in Khartoum as some artists use their brushstrokes to document their memoirs of the war in their own way. REUTERS/Fatma Fahmy/File Photo

DUBAI (Reuters) -Fighting intensified in several areas of Khartoum on Sunday after a ceasefire deal expired, residents of Sudan's capital reported, and activists said a new outburst of violence in North Darfur state had left at least 40 people dead.

The ceasefire between Sudan's army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) had started on May 22 and expired on Saturday evening.