April 16, 2023 6:40 p.m
“Artillery fire everywhere,” says a witness who is in the capital. The headquarters of the pan-Arab television channel Al Arabiya hit
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In Sudan Fighting continues between former cronies of dictator Omar al-Bashir, the general and head of the military junta who was ousted in the 2019 coup Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his deputy Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, which has an armed militia rsf. “Artillery shelling” can be heard all over Khartoum. This was reported by a qualified source who is in the capital with others. Meanwhile, three humanitarian workers from Pam-Wfp, the United Nations World Food Program, were killed in the Darfur region. It happened in the area where the army and paramilitaries have been fighting since Saturday. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ anger: ‘Bring the guilty to justice’.
In Sudan, the headquarters of Al Arabiya TV was hit The headquarters of the correspondence office of the pan-Arab TV channel Al Arabiya and its news channel al-Hadath was hit in the clashes in Khartoum.
What is happening in Sudan Sudan, one of the resource-rich countries in Africa, appears to be inexorably sinking into civil war: on the second day of the crisis, fighting between the regular army of General Abdel Fattah al Burhan, head of the Supreme Transitional Council, widened and intensified the paramilitaries of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), whose leader Mohammad Hamdan Dagalo is said to be a man very close to Russia.
The fights Hard clashes took place in Khartoum around all key structures: the presidential palace, the headquarters of state television, the headquarters of the army. The RSF claims to control 90 percent of the capital, but the situation appears far more uncertain. The local Red Cross reports ongoing fighting across the city, including in residential areas. Elsewhere in the country, regular troops seem to have the upper hand. The spokesman for the armed forces, General Nabil Abdallah, called for the capture of the RSF bases in seven cities (Port Sudan, Kassal, al Qadaref, al Damazin, Kosti, Kaduqli and Omdurman) and the release of two captured army officers by the paramilitaries, the generals Rukn al Sadiq Sayed and Othman Awad Allah.
Also according to the military spokesman, the leader of the RSF, Dagalo, had disappeared and the task of finding him was entrusted to a group of elite soldiers. In any case, the capture of the RSF bases in Port Sudan on the Red Sea and in Omdurman, adjacent to the capital, would be confirmed by some videos circulating on the net these hours showing the soldiers of the regular army cheering inside the two locations.
The death toll The first day of clashes left 56 civilians dead and nearly 600 injured, while the second day could be much more severe. The census also includes three World Food Program (WFP) workers who lost their lives in Kabkabiya, North Darfur. The incident prompted the United Nations organization to announce the suspension of its activities in the country and the UN to appeal to the parties to the conflict to allow humanitarian workers access to the areas where the clashes took place. The proposal was accepted by both the regular army and the RSF: a humanitarian ceasefire was to be observed for three hours every day between 4:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m., but both sides have given themselves the right to contain enemy fire in the In the event of an attack, retaliate violations.
No opening for a dialogue However, there seems to be no room for dialogue between Al Burhan and Dagalo, who have accused each other of attempting a coup. However, diplomatic efforts are intensifying. The closest neighbors Egypt and South Sudan offered mediation during a phone call between Presidents Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Salva Kiir. The African Union called an emergency meeting in Addis Ababa, which ended with a call to avoid outside interference in the crisis, and the Arab League did the same in Cairo at the request of Egypt and Saudi Arabia. A telephone consultation had previously taken place between the chief diplomats of the United States, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, Antony Blinken, Faisal bin Farhan and Abdullah bin Zayed.
Tajani expressed his ‘concern’ at the G7 The crisis in Sudan was also one of the topics of the G7 ministerial meeting that started today in Karuizawa, Japan. According to a statement by Farnesina, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, took the opportunity to express “deep concern” at the continuation of armed clashes. At Italy’s request, talks on Africa had already been scheduled for the G7 foreign ministers’ meeting. “The Italian government has long since started calling for faster action to stabilize the countries of North Africa and sub-Saharan Africa politically and economically,” said Tajani.
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