Khartoum – Capitals – continued
Publication date: April 18, 2023 10:21 pm Saudi Arabia.
Clashes between the two military components in Sudan continued yesterday as Muhammad Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hamidti, Commander of the Rapid Support Forces, announced his agreement to a “truce for 24 hours to ensure the safe passage of civilians and the evacuation of the wounded.” “in Sudan. Yesterday, the head of the Sudanese Sovereignty Council, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, said that the Sudanese army will abide by the ceasefire proposed by international powers. And CNN quoted Al-Burhan as saying that the army “will abide by the ceasefire.” We have not agreed on a start time, but we will definitely abide by the proposal of the tripartite mechanism for an extension (truce) of 24 hours,” he added. stating that the announcement of a truce by the Rapid Support Forces “is intended to cover up the crushing defeat they will suffer within hours.” Hamidti’s agreement to the truce was tweeted yesterday morning, in which he said the paramilitaries confirm their agreement to a “24-hour truce to allow safe passage for civilians and evacuate the wounded.” Hemedti added that the Sudanese Armed Forces did not adhere to the ceasefire and bombed densely populated areas from the air, endangering the lives of civilians. “We look forward to further discussions with the US Secretary of State on ways to address these violations,” he wrote in a series of tweets. For its part, the Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors said yesterday that 144 civilians had died in the country since the clashes began. And in a statement, he warned that with continued fighting between the two sides in the conflict, “death and injury rates are growing exponentially and warn of unimaginable consequences of heavy loss of life… in addition to the complexity of public life and the difficulty of evacuating and counting the dead, wounded, stranded and other detainees. And she added: “What’s worse is that many hospitals and medical facilities are out of service due to shelling, as well as power outages and shortages of supplies and aids, in addition to the fact that some of the they are used as supports. She said that the number of people wounded since the beginning of the armed clashes has reached 1,409 people, both civilians and military personnel. In addition, yesterday, the Rapid Support Forces announced their full control of Khartoum airport and published a short video on their Facebook page, in which a burning civilian plane is seen amid gunfire and gunfire She said she was fighting to restore “the rights of our people”, adding: “Since last Saturday a new revolution has begun that has won consecutive victories and still continues to achieve its noble goals, the main of which is the formation of a civilian government that will lead us to a true democratic transition.” On the other hand, a Sudanese army official announced that the vicinity of the General Command of the Armed Forces and the vicinity of the Khartoum airport had been secured after yesterday’s morning fighting. The Sudanese Rapid Support Forces said that the army aviation bombed the place where there were prisoners, wounded on both sides, as well as civilians receiving medical and humanitarian assistance. The statement said: “In continuation of their continuous violations of international and humanitarian law since the outbreak of hostilities last Saturday, the leadership of the military forces of the coup launched a military airstrike shortly before the medical department of the Rapid Support Forces.”