The evacuation process for foreign citizens has already begun, in the midst of a ceasefire for Eid al Fitr celebrations that has not been respected by either side.
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) warned this Saturday that the situation in Sudan is “extremely serious” due to the fighting between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). by “sanitary collapse“.
“The situation in Sudan is very serious. It is terrible. There are shootings and bombings in densely populated areas, where many civilians live,” said Jairo González, MSF’s executive officer for East Africa.
The head of MSF estimates that “many parts of the country are now lawless“, with “thousands or millions of civilians in their homes unable to leave” because of the fighting and unable to access hospitals.
MSF counts the injured by the thousands and has denounced that, after a week of conflict, the three ceasefires announced so far to facilitate care for the population “have not been respected”.
Keys to the conflict between the army and the paramilitaries of Sudan
González has indicated that one of his medical centers in the city of Nyala, in the southwest of the country, has been the target of an attack by a group of 15 to 20 armed men. “They entered the MSF base in Nyala and took everything,” he complained.
evacuations begin
Amidst the chaos, the evacuation process for foreigners detained since the 15th began this Saturday for some countries, such as Saudi Arabia, which repatriated its citizens and other “sister” nations by boat, while the three-day truce between army rivals, which began with Eid al Fitr, the festival that marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan, has practically been broken.
The leader of the Sudanese army, Abdelfatah al Burhan, has announced that “in the coming hours” the evacuation of nationals from countries such as the United States, Britain, France and China by air from Khartoum will begin.
At least 413 people died and 3,551 were injured in Sudan since the outbreak of the conflict, according to the latest tally released yesterday by the World Health Organization (WHO).
The fighting that began on April 15 between the Sudanese army and the FAR, sending Sudan through one of the worst crises in its recent history, came after weeks of tension over reform of the security forces in the negotiations for a new transitional government.
Both forces were the architects of the coup group that overthrew Sudan’s transitional government in October 2021.
Source: EITB
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