Three days of fighting in Sudan killed 180 civilians and raised many doubts [VIDEO]

More than 180 civilians have been killed in three days of clashes between the Sudanese army and the powerful militant group Rapid Support Forces (FAR), and many are questioning how to end the conflict, which is drawing to a close, according to the UN. on the way, the point of no return.

At a telematic press conference, the UN Special Envoy to SudanVisibly exhausted, Volker Perthes said since fighting broke out between the two opposing sides on Saturday, more than 180 civilians have been killed and more than 1,800 injured.

According to the representative of the organization, the situation in the country is very unstable and it is difficult to predict in which direction the scales will tip, since during these three days the army and the ASR confronted each other “almost without a break.”

The fighting intensifies

The main hot spots are concentrated in the capital SudanKhartoum, home to the international airport, which suspended operations on Saturday, as well as the headquarters of the operational command of the ground forces, the presidential palace and other military bases.

Today, however, the army made one of its greatest gains by recapturing the headquarters of the Sudan Public Radio and Television Corporation after the TV signal was cut off Sunday afternoon due to a siege by a paramilitary group.

In addition, fierce fighting is also taking place in the west Sudanespecially in the heavily affected region of Darfur, where HRV is highly represented.

And it is that the paramilitary group was born from the Yanyavid (Janjaweed) militias, accused of committing massacres and rapes during the ethnic conflict in Darfur (2003-2008), which claimed more than 300,000 lives and forced the forced displacement of hundreds thousands of people.

Also in Darfur envoy United Nations condemned that over the past 48 hours the offices and warehouses of WFP, UNICEF and other agencies UN “They were in the crossfire, they were looted and destroyed”, which he called a “great transgression”.

fire on hospitals

Medical facilities in Khartoum and other parts of the country today announced they were closing and were taken out of service, according to the Khartoum Doctors’ Union. Sudanwhich denounced that hospitals are being cross-attacked between the army and the FAR, who continue to accuse each other of killing innocent civilians.

Road closures and the danger of street movement mean health care workers can’t travel to hospitals that warn of critical staff shortages preventing them from doing their job properly.

Similarly, these centers also suffer from shortages of all kinds of medical supplies, medicines, blood transfusion bags and even intravenous solutions, putting the lives of patients in need of emergency care at risk.

In fact, medical sources have told EFE that “dozens of patients” who have died in Khartoum hospitals in recent days have not been able to be evacuated and remain in the facility along with other sick and injured people who cannot leave or move to more remote locations. insurance.

Another failed truce

By request UNToday, the Army and the FAR announced their commitment to a brief three-hour cessation of hostilities and the opening of humanitarian corridors so that civilians can evacuate or go for supplies.

The agreement was not respected UNwho regretted that the same thing happened as on the eve, when the pause in hostilities for three hours was first introduced and not fully respected.

Various committees and organizations estimate that hundreds of people are still trapped in schools, universities and offices from which they cannot escape due to fighting while running out of supplies to survive.

We are talking about 17 specialists from the Sudanese news agency SUNA, who, according to the Union of Journalists Sudan They have been locked up in media offices since clashes broke out on Saturday.

The situation in the African country is becoming increasingly unstable, and the army assures that all attempts at dialogue with the Strategic Missile Forces – a group that was disbanded and declared a rebel militia – “failed.”

In addition, various international organizations, including UNtried unsuccessfully to mediate between the parties to reach a ceasefire that would end the power dispute between the leader of the armed forces, Abdelfatah al-Burhan, and the commander of the paramilitaries, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo.

(As reported by EFE)

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