Latest Report On Sudan’s Internal Crisis

Afimag.com –

About 1,000 civilians have been killed since the commencement of the conflict mid-April in Sudan.

Also, about 17 people including five children have been killed in an air strike in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum.

According to BBC, twenty-five homes have been destroyed on June 17, 2023, strike in the highly populated Yarmouk district.

The incident took place after a top army general threatened to step up attacks against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.

Fighting between the Sudanese army and the RSF began in mid-April as a result of a vicious power struggle within the country’s military leadership.

In June, the RSF claimed full control of Yarmouk, an area of the capital which houses an arms manufacturing facility.

As at on Saturday, the warring factions agreed a 72-hour ceasefire starting at 06:00 (04:00 GMT) on Sunday. It was announced by Saudi and US mediators. Similar ceasefires in the past have not been observed.

Precise figures on the number of people killed in the fighting are difficult to establish, but it is believed to be well over 1,000, including many civilians caught in the crossfire, BBC reported.

According to UN Authorities, about 2.2 million people have been ousted within the country and more than half a million are harboring in neighbouring countries.

Several ceasefires have been announced to allow people to escape the fighting but these have not been observed.

The recent attack targeted civilians in Mayo, Yarmouk, and Mandela areas, according to the RSF. The army has not commented.

Since the hostilities began, tens of thousands of civilians have fled across the border into neighbouring Chad.

Doctors and hospitals there have been overstretched and struggling to cope.

The violence has also resurrected a two-decade-old conflict in Sudan’s western Darfur region.