The eruption of fighting eight days ago between the army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group has triggered a humanitarian crisis, killed 420 people and trapped millions of Sudanese without access to basic services. CDNDigital
The eruption of fighting eight days ago between the army and the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group has triggered a humanitarian crisis, killed 420 people and trapped millions of Sudanese without access to basic services.
The efforts to extract foreign residents frustrated some Sudanese who felt the rival factions showed less concern for the safety of locals. The army and RSF jointly staged a coup in 2021 but fell out during negotiations to integrate the two groups and form a civilian government. The army under Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the RSF, headed by Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemedti, have failed to observe ceasefires reached almost daily, including a three-day truce for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr, which began on Friday.
Battles have continued around the army’s headquarters and the airport, which has been closed by the clashes, and over the past two days in Bahri, where the army has used troops on the ground as well as air strikes to try to push back the RSF.
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