According to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), the Sudanese health system "will almost go into a collapse" if fighting lasts much longer.

It said that providing humanitarian help in and around the capital Khartoum was all but impossible.

According to Reuters, the chairman of the IFRC mission for Sudan, Farid Aiywar, told reporters on Tuesday that there had been calls from organizations and residents besieged in the city "asking for evacuation."

The combat between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has resulted in around 200 fatalities and more than 1,800 injuries.