Fighting intensifies in the capital of Sudan after the suspension of negotiations

2023-06-02 12:12:24

Los Clashes between the Sudanese Army and the Rapid Support Forces (FAR) paramilitary group continued this Friday in Jartum weighs a la truce in forcewhich expires on Saturday, and after the suspension of negotiations between both sides for repeatedly violating the agreed armistices.

Witnesses told EFE that the heavy artillery fire and the bombing resounded in the Sudanese capital and in the south of neighboring Khartoum North and Um Durman, where the main FAR garrisons are located.

In addition, fighter jets flew over the eastern Nile area, where units of the paramilitarieswho 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 they broke out the fighting on April 15despite the multiple truces agreed and the commitments of the belligerent parties to allow the access of the humanitarian aid and to protect the civilian population, the hardest hit by the conflict.

USA and Saudi Arabia

The violations of this last truce, precisely, was the reason why Saudi Arabia and the United States, who 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.

Also, the sudanese army It already announced its withdrawal from the negotiations on May 31, accusing the paramilitaries of not adhering to the truce and the commitments agreed upon during the negotiations.

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The interruption of the conversationswhich 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.

He conflict in sudan It 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.