The warring parties in Sudan, the army and the paramilitary Rapid Intervention Force (RSF), signed a seven-day ceasefire on Saturday night with the intervention of the United States and Saudi Arabia.
The seven-day ceasefire will come into effect on Monday at 21:45 local time. Practically all the ceasefires concluded so far have been violated, but the US and Saudi Arabia this time guarantee that they will ensure the cessation of fire through “international monitoring mechanisms”. They did not explain the details.
Five weeks of fighting have plunged the country into chaos, cities are running out of food, cash and basic necessities, gangs are robbing banks, embassies, centers for humanitarian aid and churches. In total, more than a million people fled the fighting, more than 700 people were killed and more than 5,000 were wounded.
The ceasefire also provides for humanitarian aid
In addition to the cessation of hostilities, this time’s ceasefire also foresees the distribution of humanitarian aid, the restoration of basic services and the withdrawal of military forces from hospitals and other public facilities.
“It is high time to silence the guns and allow unimpeded humanitarian access. I implore both sides to honor this agreement, eyes of the world they are watching,” said US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
New attacks in Omdurmanconflicts in Darfur
On Sunday morning, eyewitnesses for Reuters again reported airstrikes by the Sudanese army in cities Stupid and Bahri, also to the television company, which has been at the center of the fighting since the beginning. In nearby Khartoum, the forces are occasionally shelled.
Clashes broke out again in the cities after a temporary truce Nyala and Get lazy in the province of Darfur. It is reported from the province that almost 30 people were killed in two days.
Fighting broke out five weeks ago over disagreements over the integration of the RSF into the regular Sudanese army. The leaders of the army and paramilitary were the most powerful people in Sudan, which was preparing for the transition to democracy after a military coup in 2019. Many foreign countries closed their embassies and evacuated staff after the fighting began.
Source: Rtvslo
