Lack of access to humanitarian aid in Sudan “unprecedented”: Only 3% of aid intended for Sudanese civilians in Khartoum has been delivered, World Food Programme UAE country director Abdel Mageed Yahia told the National. “We planned to reach 500k people but we managed to reach only 15k so far in Khartoum,” Yahia said, a level of access that he calls “unprecedented” in comparison to other war zones in the region. Provisions of air have been hindered by numerous breaches of the recent US, Saudi-brokered ceasefire and the inability to perform high altitude air drops, he added.

The battle for arms: Sudan’s army has been fighting to defend a military complex believed to contain an arms factory in southern Khartoum after it was attacked by the Rapid Support Forces on Tuesday, Reuters reports, citing eyewitnesses. The RSF have since posted videos in which they claim to have taken control of a warehouse at the site loaded with weapons and ammunition. A fire has reportedly broken out at a site near the complex, which is located close to fuel and gas depots that are at risk of exploding. “Any explosion could destroy residents and the whole area,” a local resident told Reuters by phone.

Saudi, Bahrain embassies stormed: Armed groups attacked the Saudi Arabian and Bahrainiembassies in Khartoum yesterday, prompting condemnations from other Arab states.

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