Bombers came under heavy fire over Khartoum on Saturday (April 29th) as fierce fighting between the Sudanese army and paramilitaries enters its third week.
Sudan has been in chaos since a bloody power struggle broke out on April 15 between army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhane and his number two, Mohamed Hamdane Daglo, says « Hedmedti »at the head of the Rapid Support Forces (FSR).
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Despite an extension of the ceasefire for three days concluded on April 27 under the aegis of the United States, Saudi Arabia, the African Union and the United Nations, the violence has not ceased in the capital. and other regions, with each side blaming each other for these violations. Civilians trying to flee or survive barricaded face widespread shortages, including of electricity, water and food.
In Sudan, fighting continues in Khartoum despite the truce
The two warring generals broke through the media on April 28. On the Arabic-language American television channel Al-Hurra, General al-Burhane described the RSF as “militia seeking to destroy Sudan” and asserted that “mercenaries” came from Chad, the Central African Republic and Niger. The general « Hemedti » Daglo spoke to him on the BBC about his rival as a “traitor” who is not “not trustworthy”.
On the diplomatic front, several states are trying to find a way out of the conflict, in vain. And the visit of a representative of General Burhane scheduled for Saturday in Cairo has been postponed sine the.
Tens of thousands displaced
The fighting left at least 512 dead and 4,193 injured, according to official statistics, which are believed to be grossly underestimated.
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Some 75,000 people have been displaced due to the particularly violent 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 states including Egypt, Ethiopia, Chad and South Sudan, while foreign countries are carrying out mass evacuations of their nationals.
France evacuated 538 people from Sudan, including 209 French
The UN’s World Food Program estimates that millions more people could face hunger 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 burning
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 describes the situation as« alarming ». Looting, destruction and fires are increasing there, including in camps for the displaced, reports Doctors Without Borders. The NGO had to “stop almost all of (its) activities in West Darfur”because of this violence, regrets its deputy head in Sudan, Sylvain Perron.
The Darfur region remains marked by a bloody conflict that began in 2003 between the regime of dictator Omar al-Bashir, who was ousted in 2019, and insurgents from ethnic minorities. This conlict left about 300,000 dead and nearly 2.5 million displaced, according to the UN.
Generals Burhane and Daglo took power in a putsch in 2021, which dashed hopes of democratic transition in Sudan. But then they became rivals, failing to agree on the integration of the FSR – much feared paramilitaries – into the regular army.
