Unending ‘hell’: Sudan war rages despite truce pledges FMTNews FMTWorld
KHARTOUM: Strikes by air, tanks and artillery rocked Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, and the adjacent city of Bahri yesterday, witnesses said, mocking a 72-hour truce extension announced by the army and a rival paramilitary force.
“We hear the sounds of planes and explosions. We don’t know when this hell will end,” said Bahri resident Mahasin al-Awad, 65.The army has been deploying jets or drones on RSF forces in neighbourhoods across the capital.At least 512 people have been killed and close to 4,200 wounded, according to the United Nations, which believes the real toll is much higher.
“We left behind our homes, our work, our belongings, our vehicles, everything, so we can take our children and parents to safety.”Britain said its evacuations would end today as demand for spots on planes had declined.A convoy of buses carrying 300 Americans left Khartoum late yesterday on a 525-mile trip to the Red Sea in the first US-organised evacuation effort for citizens, the New York Times reported.
“Many people are trapped in the midst of this deadly violence. They fear risking their safety and lives trying to reach the rare health facilities that are still functional and open,” said Sylvain Perron, MSF’s deputy operations manager for Sudan.“This is unacceptable – and prohibited under international humanitarian law. Attacks on humanitarian assets must stop,” UN aid chief Martin Griffiths posted on Twitter.
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