Khartoum (BLAZETRENDS) sides for repeatedly violating the agreed armistices.
Witnesses told BLAZETRENDS that heavy artillery fire and shelling resounded in the Sudanese capital and in the south of neighboring Khartoum North and Um Durman, where the main FAR garrisons are located.
Likewise, combat planes flew over the area to the east of the Nile, where paramilitary units are also deployed, who have accused the Armed Forces of attacking their positions despite the truce agreed on May 20 and which expires on Saturday afternoon.
The violence has not ceased at any time since the fighting broke out on April 15, despite the multiple truces agreed and the commitments of the belligerent parties to allow access for humanitarian aid and to protect the civilian population, the most plagued by conflict.
The violations of this last truce, precisely, was the reason why Saudi Arabia and the United States, which act as mediators in a dialogue between representatives of the Army and the FAR in the Saudi city of Jeddah, suspended the talks on Thursday.
The measure was taken the same day that 18 people were killed, despite calls from the international community for the safety of civilians to be guaranteed.
Likewise, the Sudanese Army already announced on May 31 its withdrawal from the negotiations, accusing the paramilitaries of not adhering to the truce and the commitments agreed during the negotiations.
The interruption of the talks, which in principle is temporary, does not mean the suspension of the truce, although it has not been respected at any time since it entered into force, but it will make a new extension of the cessation of hostilities more difficult.
The conflict in Sudan has left at least 850 dead and more than 5,500 injured, and has caused the internal and external displacement of more than 1.3 million people, according to the United Nations.
The Sudanese ambassador in Washington condemns the sanctions imposed on the US Army.
Sudan’s ambassador to Washington, Mohamed Abdalá Edris, condemned the US administration’s imposition of economic and visa sanctions against the African country’s army and some of its associated companies, the diplomat told the state television channel Sudan TV.
This is the first official reaction to the US decision, announced Thursday due to the lack of commitment of the Army and the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (FAR) with the implementation of the ceasefire in force and the obstruction of international efforts to end the conflict.
In this sense, the Sudanese ambassador defended that the Armed Forces have respected the agreements reached in the Saudi city of Jeddah with the FAR through the mediation of the United States and Saudi Arabia, and affirmed that the Army withdrew from that dialogue ago two days after accusing the paramilitaries of violating the truce.
The US government imposed economic sanctions and visa restrictions against the Army and the FAR, which it accuses of perpetuating the violence, and also announced the publication of a new alert on the risks of doing business with the country.
More than 850 dead from the conflict, according to the UN
According to the UN, the conflict has left at least 850 dead, more than 5,500 injured and has caused the internal and external displacement of more than 1.3 million people.
The World Health Organization (WHO) believes that the death toll, which is updated based on data from the country’s Ministry of Health, could be well below the number of actual casualties caused by the clashes.
The organization’s spokesman, Tarik Jašarević, said today at a press conference in Geneva that the casualties that have been registered so far (850 dead and 5,500 injured) only correspond to the numbers provided by the hospitals that continue to operate in Sudan.
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