For the past five days, there has been a fierce battle between two Sudanese military commanders vying for control of the country.

Despite a planned 24-hour ceasefire, the fighting has continued with no signs of abating.

The conflict between the generals in charge of the country's armed forces and a large paramilitary force has resulted in at least 300 deaths, the majority of which were civilians, according to the U.N.'s World Health Organization and the Sudan Doctors' Syndicate

The actual toll is likely to be higher as bodies remain on the streets of major cities where the fighting is still ongoing, according to local sources.

The 24-hour humanitarian truce that both sides had agreed to never truly came to fruition as heavy gunfire erupted in the capital city of Khartoum soon after it was supposed to have taken effect on Tuesday evening. (ILKHA)