At least 270 people have been killed and more than 2,000 injured in clashes that erupted this weekend in Khartoum and other cities across the country.
The Sudanese army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on Tuesday reached an agreement on a 24 hours ceasefireafter a few fighting that broke out on Saturday and at least they have remained so until now 270 dead and more than 2,000 injuredaccording to the latest assessment of the World Health Organization (WHO).
RSF leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagloalias ‘Hemedti’, who has had a conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in recent hours, has indicated that following these contacts with the United States and ‘other friendly nations’, the RSF has approved ‘a 24-hour truce”.
“Unfortunately, the Sudanese armed forces have not respected this ceasefire and have shelled densely populated areas, endangering the lives of civilians,” it added.
For its part, a spokesman for the armed forces said via Twitter that the military “has no record of any coordination with the mediators and the international community around a ceasefire”. “The declaration of a 24-hour ceasefire by the rebels is trying to cover up the crushing defeat they will suffer in a few hours. We have entered a critical phase and our efforts are focused on achieving the objectives at the operational level,” he stressed . .
However, shortly after the general Shamselin Kabashia member of the Sovereign Transition Council, has confirmed a 24-hour ceasefire in statements to the Emirati Al Arabiya television channel and indicated it will come into effect at 6pm.
The ten agencies of the United Nations and the 4,000 workers present in Sudan are forced to do so shut down most of its programs in the country because of the fighting. The UN intelligence services in Geneva have also confirmed that its employees – 800 of them international – cannot enter or leave the country because of the conflict.
Source: EITB
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