Zoo animals caught in Sudan crossfire spark fears.

Dozens of zoo animals, including rare and endangered species, are feared dead or missing in Khartoum's zoo after intense fighting between Sudan's rival forces made the location unreachable. The animals have gone more than three weeks without food or water, and appeals to allow access to the zoo have been ignored. The conflict has turned much of Khartoum and the adjacent city of Omdurman into a battlefield, with both sides using heavy weapons, including artillery and airstrikes, inside urban areas. The zoo, which is housed inside the University of Khartoum, is one of the oldest in Sudan and is home to hundreds of valuable preserved animal specimens, some of which are now extinct.