Bombers came under heavy gunfire over Khartoum on Saturday (April 29th), as intense fighting between the Sudanese army and paramilitary forces entered its third week.
Sudan has been in chaos since the outbreak of a bloody power struggle on April 15 between army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his second in command, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo. “Hedmedti”At the head of the Rapid Support Forces.
sequel after announcement
Despite the extension of the three-day cease-fire concluded on April 27 under the auspices of the United States, Saudi Arabia, the African Union and the United Nations, the violence has not stopped in the capital and other regions, with each party blaming each other separately. other about these violations. Civilians trying to flee or escape the barricades face widespread shortages, including electricity, water and food.
In Sudan, fighting continues in Khartoum despite the truce
The warring generals broke into the media on April 28. On the American Arabic-language Al-Hurra TV channel, Major General Al-Burhan described the Rapid Support Forces as “Militia seeks to destroy Sudan” And she confirmed it mercenaries They came from Chad, the Central African Republic and Niger. general “Hamidti” Daglo spoke to him on the BBC about his rival as A.J “traitor” who does not “He can’t be trusted”.
On the diplomatic front, several countries are trying to find a way out of the conflict, to no avail. The visit of Major General Burhan’s representative, scheduled for Saturday in Cairo, was postponed indefinitely.
Tens of thousands have been displaced
The fighting left at least 512 dead and 4,193 wounded, according to official statistics, which are believed to be an underestimate.
sequel after announcement
Some 75,000 people have been displaced by particularly heavy fighting in the volatile Darfur region, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Tens of thousands of Sudanese have fled to neighboring countries including Egypt, Ethiopia, Chad and South Sudan, while foreign countries carry out mass evacuations of their citizens.
France evacuated 538 people from Sudan, including 209 French nationals
The United Nations World Food Program estimates that millions more people could face starvation in one of the world’s poorest countries, where a third of the 45 million people already needed food aid before this war.
Looting, destruction and arson
And in West Darfur, at least 96 people have been killed in the town of El Geneina since Monday, according to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, which described the situation as critical.“worrying”. Looting, destruction and fires are increasing there, including in camps for the displaced, according to Doctors Without Borders. It was on the NGO They have stopped almost all of their activities in West Darfur.Because of this violence, its vice-president in Sudan, Sylvain Peron, regrets.
The Darfur region continues to witness a bloody conflict that began in 2003 between the regime of dictator Omar al-Bashir, who was overthrown in 2019, and rebels from ethnic minorities. This conflict has killed about 300,000 people and displaced nearly 2.5 million, according to the United Nations.
Generals Burhan and Daglu seized power in a coup in 2021, dashing hopes for a democratic transition in Sudan. But then they became rivals, failing to agree on the incorporation of the paramilitary forces – many of which were feared – into the regular army.
