Apr 18, 2023 4:16 p.m
General Shams al-Din Kabashiper has decided to honor the ceasefire to allow the evacuation of the wounded and the safe passage of civilians. Many areas of the country are without food and electricity
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The Sudanese Army agreed maintain a 24-hour ceasefire from 18. That’s what General Shams al-Din Kabashi told the channel “Al Arabiya”. The announcement comes hours after statements by General Mohamed Hamdan “Hemeti” Dagalo, commander of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), agreed to honor a 24-hour ceasefire allow the evacuation of the wounded and the safe passage of civilians. According to the Red Cross, the humanitarian situation in the country is “very serious”.
Red Cross: “Severe humanitarian situation” – Fighting is taking place in the country between the regular army and the paramilitaries of the Rapid Support Forces, which are linked to the private Russian group Wagner. Sudan Red Cross spokesman Germain Mwehu said the humanitarian situation in the country is “very serious” because “people cannot go out, they have no access to food and medicine” and “some people are at the airport or stuck in markets”. After days of disrespecting humanitarian corridors and already causing dozens of casualties, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the paramilitaries led by General Mohamed Hamdan “Hemeti” Dagalo, are reportedly taking control of the Presidential Palace in Khartoum.the capital.
The two sides – Nova agency reported that neighborhood after neighborhood fighting between Dagalo militias and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) of Transitional Sovereign Council President Abdel Fattah al-Burhan is currently raging in the center of the Sudanese capital, and the situation appears to be essentially balanced between the two sides to be.
The battles from city to city – According to the same source, the areas where the fighting is concentrated during these hours are, in addition to Khartoum, the city of Merowe, 380 kilometers north of the capital, and Omdurman (where, however, the intensity of the fighting is significantly lower). than in Khartoum). Violent clashes are also reported from North Darfur and North Kordofan, particularly in the town of Al Ubayyid.
Without electricity and food – In Darfur in particular, the main cities are in the hands of the regular armed forces, but the situation in the vast rural and desert areas that characterize the region (and where the RSF militias are in force) remains extremely uncertain. Power cuts are also reported in several areas, while severe water shortages have hit the northern Khartoum suburb of Kafouri, where water supplies have been cut since fighting broke out. There is also a lack of food in many parts of the city.
The appeal of the WHO and the Red Cross – The Red Cross and the World Health Organization (WHO) have called on the warring parties in Sudan to ensure humanitarian access to people in need. “Thousands of volunteers are ready, able and trained to provide humanitarian service. Unfortunately, due to the current situation, they are unable to travel,” said the head of the delegation of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Farid Aiywar.
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