SUDAN CONFLICTS WORSENING
The ongoing Sudanese armed conflict between two rival factions of the military government of the state which began on 15th April 2023, was a dark turn for Sudan considering they’d just recuperated from another conflict (Blue Nile Clashes). But the war has threatened to be even grimmer on account of the fight raging on even after a planned 24 hour cease fire.
According to the World Health Organization, the war, which was by then docking into its fifth day had already claimed 270 lives and hundreds more wounded majority of whom were civilians. The clashes were particularly intense around the presidential palace at the center of Khartoum, whose occupancy has the prerogative of appearing as the legitimate authority of the country.
Now the hopes for a democratic transition in Sudan have now been completely croaked as Khartoum, a city with a populous of at least 5million, has been turned into a frontline in a power grabbing grind between General <PERSON>, the commander of Sudan’s military and General <PERSON> who is the leader of a powerful paramilitary group known as the Rapid Support Forces.
“The Violence taking place in Sudan is a tragedy and it is a betrayal of the Sudanese people’s clear demand for civilian government and a transition to democracy. It must end,” <PERSON>, the American president said. 90
But analysts, campaigners and researcher like <PERSON> have debunked the move as long overdue and improbable saying the only way the war ends is if one side replenishes their resources. The continued disregard of ceasefires between the two factions has prompted the US president to threaten new sanctions against those responsible for threatening and undermining the peace, stability and transition of Sudan to a democracy.
According to the Sudan Doctors’ Syndicate which monitors casualties, 411 civilians have lost their lives and 2,023 more civilians wounded in the course of three weeks, although the toll is expected to be much higher and above the unaccounted. The Sudanese health ministry has put the total death toll with the inclusion of fighters, at an estimate high 550 and an even higher number for the wounded which supersedes the doctors’ syndicate’s count by more than a twofold totaling to 4500.
More, at least 334,000 have been displaced inside Sudan and tens of thousands more to Egypt, Chad, South Sudan, Central African Republic and Ethiopia, according to UN agencies. A humanitarian catastrophe has been deemed necessary but its arrival isn’t assured because the war still continues. There have been reports of local humanitarian aid been threatened which is unacceptable in regards to the humanitarian law. 328