Sudan and South Sudan conflicts: Fleeing civilians trapped in border town of Renk

Fighting between rival forces resumes in South Sudan, while a full-scale civil war rages in neighbouring Sudan.

British Broadcasting CorporationWatch LiveHomeNewsSportBusinessInnovationCultureArtsTravelEarthAudioVideoLiveHomeNewsIsrael-Gaza WarWar in UkraineUS & CanadaUKUK PoliticsEnglandN. IrelandN. Ireland PoliticsScotlandScotland PoliticsWalesWales PoliticsAfricaAsiaChinaIndiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastIn PicturesBBC InDepthBBC VerifySportBusinessExecutive LoungeTechnology of BusinessFuture of BusinessInnovationTechnologyScience & HealthArtificial IntelligenceAI v the MindCultureFilm & TVMusicArt & DesignStyleBooksEntertainment NewsArtsArts in MotionTravelDestinationsAfricaAntarcticaAsiaAustralia and PacificCaribbean & BermudaCentral AmericaEuropeMiddle EastNorth AmericaSouth AmericaWorld’s TableCulture & ExperiencesAdventuresThe SpeciaListEarthNatural WondersWeather & ScienceClimate SolutionsSustainable BusinessGreen LivingAudioPodcastsRadioAudio FAQsVideoLiveLive NewsLive SportHomeNewsSportBusinessInnovationCultureArtsTravelEarthAudioVideoLiveWeatherNewslettersThe mother and children trapped between two conflicts 16 hours agoShareSaveAkisa WanderaBBC News, RenkShareSaveHassan Lali / BBCWhen the devastating war in Sudan reached Sarah Williams' neighbourhood in the capital Khartoum, she and her children were caught in the crossfire.

Bullets tore through their home, fires engulfed buildings, and electricity lines sparked explosions.

"We were crawling on the ground," she recalls, holding her one-year-old son close. "It was chaos."

Ms Williams, a 33-year-old mother of five, is from South Sudan.

She was forced to flee when civil war erupted in 2013, two years after it gained independence from Sudan, to become the world's newest nation.