According to the Armed violence Location and Event Data Project, the violence has claimed roughly 700 lives so far in Sudan, the most of them in Khartoum and the western Darfur area.
Written by Chris Muhizi Minembwe Capital News 4:56pm Nairobi Kenya Time.
“The situation in Sudan has become fatal for a frighteningly large number of children,” the UN agency for children said on Friday.
The bloodshed occurring in Sudan is terrible and a betrayal of the people’s stated desire for civilian rule and a democratic transition. It needs to end, added Biden.
On Friday morning, witnesses said that airstrikes and skirmishes persisted in numerous areas of Khartoum despite conflicting reports from the warring parties on cease-fire attempts.
Following the announcement on Wednesday of a seven-day truce negotiated by neighbouring South Sudan and consented by the army, the RSF has not yet commented.
Nevertheless, the paramilitary group said early on Friday claimed it was just extending a previous truce negotiated with US-Saudi mediation by three days.
A day after US President Joe Biden approved the application of sanctions upon folks guilty for “undermining Sudan’s democratic transition” and “threatening the peace, security, and stability of Sudan,” fighting continued.
The nation has previously experienced years of sanctions under the regime of former dictator Omar al-Bashir, who was overthrown in 2019 after widespread demonstrations.
The US and Saudi governments have announced that direct negotiations between the opposing Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces will begin in Jeddah on Saturday.
In a joint statement, the US and Saudi Arabia hailed the “start of pre-negotiation talks” and urged continued international assistance to stop the conflict.
According to the statement, the United States and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia “urge both parties to take into account the interests of the Sudanese nation and its people and actively engage in the talks towards a ceasefire and end to the conflict.”
