In Sudan, the first signs are showing that the battle is drawing to a close: the army chief, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, has accepted a proposal from the regional African organization IGAD to extend the ceasefire by 72 hours and send an army representative to the capital for negotiations, the armed forces said on Wednesday.
The proposal calls for an envoy from both the military and the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to join the talks. A statement from the RSF was not initially available.
The US and the African Union (AU) also want to continue to mediate in the conflict. According to the US State Department, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and AU Commission Chairman Moussa Faki Mahamat are working together to end the fighting permanently.
More emergency medical teams on call
Given the ongoing violence in Sudan, the organization Médecins Sans Frontières plans to expand its aid. Emergency services are ready to travel to the disputed country in the Horn of Africa, the organization said. They are in close contact with hospitals and the Sudanese health authorities. Despite a ceasefire, fighting broke out again in parts of the country on Thursday evening.
At least 460 people have been killed and nearly 4,100 injured in the fighting, which began nearly two weeks ago, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). The actual number of victims is probably considerably higher.
Power struggle of the generals
In Sudan, de facto president Abdel Fattah al-Burhan is fighting his deputy Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo with the help of the military. He is the leader of the influential paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The two generals had taken over the leadership of the country of about 46 million inhabitants through two joint military coups in 2019 and 2021.
Source: Krone
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