2023-05-23 00:49:00
A tank drives through the Sudanese capital Khartoum on May 21, 2023. Bild: AFP
The newly negotiated ceasefire was to last for a week. But the ceasefire between the army and the RSF militia in Sudan is apparently not being observed.
Minutes following a negotiated ceasefire began in Sudan on Monday, eyewitnesses reported air raids and clashes. According to this, fighter planes bombed the east of the capital Khartoum late Monday evening. Witnesses heard the noise of battle in the neighboring towns of Omdurman and Bahri. Even in the hours before the ceasefire came into effect, the Luftwaffe flew attacks on the RSF militia.
A few hours before the start of the planned one-week ceasefire in Sudan at 9.45 p.m. Central European Time, the RSF militia had raised doubts as to whether it would come into force. Their boss, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, posted an audio file on Facebook saying there would be no retreat until the army’s “military coup” was over. Both sides met on Saturday night in Jeddah on a week-long truce agreed.
Among other things, the agreement provides for the distribution of relief supplies, the restoration of basic services and the withdrawal of armed fighters from hospitals and key public facilities.
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Fighting between the army and the RSF has led to a collapse of order in the country. There is a lack of food, cash and essential goods. There was also looting in banks, embassies, aid depots and churches.
The fighting in Sudan between the army of military ruler Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the paramilitary RSF militia of his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo began in mid-April.
Since then, almost a thousand people have been killed. There are now more than a million refugees and displaced persons. According to the World Health Organization, 705 people were initially killed and at least 5,287 injured.
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