endless struggle. Fighting resumed on Sunday morning, June 11, in Khartoum, shortly after the end of the 24-hour truce, which gave residents a brief respite after nearly two months of conflict in Sudan between two rival generals.
It’s the “horror returns”Asma al-Rih told AFP, a resident of the northern suburbs of Khartoum, with “Rockets and shells are shaking the walls of houses.” again. Witnesses told AFP that the residents of the capital were awakened by artillery fire and the sounds of fighting in several neighborhoods.
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Quiet for a day it is ” like a dream “ Nasreddin Ahmed, a resident of southern Khartoum, who fainted, told AFP. “Wake up to the sound of fighting” This Sunday. Clashes resumed ten minutes after the end of the 24-hour truce negotiated by Saudi mediators, which began on Saturday at 6 am (8 am in France).
A cloud of smoke over an oil facility
The two rival parties have pledged to halt violence across the country to allow it Humanitarian accessAccording to the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Hearing the sound of heavy artillery shelling in Khartoum and Omdurman on the outskirts of the capital, and gunfire with “Different types of weapons” On Al-Hawa Street, south of Khartoum.
For the fifth day in a row, clouds of smoke appeared from the tanks of the Al-Shajara oil facility near the Yarmouk military factory in Khartoum.
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A sharp deterioration of the humanitarian situation
This new truce, which according to witnesses was generally respected, allowed the people of Khartoum to take advantage of a respite to get supplies or flee the capital, which for nearly two months has been plagued by an armed conflict that has led to a serious humanitarian crisis. .
From Burma to Sudan, great gains for the putschists
The fighting is taking place mainly in the capital and in the vast region of Darfur in western Sudan, where NGOs have reported a deteriorating humanitarian situation.
The head of the delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Sudan, Alfonso Verdo Perez, regretted, on Friday, Only 20% of health facilities are still functioning in Khartoum..
In recent weeks, we have been able to deliver surgical equipment to ten hospitals. from the capital , “But the needs are enormous and there is still so much to do.”He cited severe shortages of water, electricity, food and medical supplies.
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More than 1,800 dead and 200,000 displaced people in Egypt
The conflict broke out on April 15 between the army, led by Major General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the paramilitary forces of the Rapid Support Forces of General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo. Previous truces were generally violated once they took effect.
The war between the two generals, battling for power in Sudan, has claimed the lives of more than 1,800 people, according to the ACLED organization, which specializes in collecting information in conflict areas, as well as two million displaced persons and refugees, according to the United Nations.
“The Middle East is undergoing transformation”
The head of US diplomacy, Anthony Blinken, who is visiting Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, confirmed that Washington and Riyadh are keen on this. “Continue their strong cooperation and end the fighting in Sudan.”.
Egypt, which borders Sudan in the north, announced on Saturday the tightening of official procedures for entering its territory for Sudanese fleeing the war. Since the conflict began, more than 200,000 Sudanese have entered Egypt, most of them by land.
These measures are not intended “Preventing or Restricting Entry of Sudanese Nationals” On Egyptian soil, but to put an end to “Illegal activities of individuals and groups on the Sudanese side of the border, who are visiting visas” For profit, the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs explained.
