Hundreds of people, including dozens of childrenThey were killed in Sudan in recent days, according to civilian witnesses, medical workers and united nations, because fierce conflicts escalated in an internal conflict that is approaching their third year.
The war between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary forces for fast support liberated the wave of destruction Across Sudan by killing tens of thousands of people, forcing millions to flee their homes and push parts of huge nations deeper into hunger.
“Citizens are currently living in a panic state,” said Asim Ahmed Musa, 29, an activist in the city of Kadugli in the country of South Cordofan, where dozens were killed this week. “People are scared.”
In the capital, Khartoum and neighboring cities, the Darfur region in the west and in several other countries, the ruins of war escalates as the warring parties seek to strengthen their territorial claims, The return of new ones and certainly strategic military and civilians.
The conflict was marked Gross atrocities and ethnically motivated by murder, which prompted an investigation into the International Criminal Court and genocide charges from the United States.
In recent weeks the army has increased His offensive to take over significant parts of the capital, which lost when the war began in April 2023. The conflict was slowly heating from the end of last year after the end of the rainy season. With escalating deaths, injuries and attacks on civilians, activists invited the united nations to arrange a peaceful mission in the country.
In January, the army won the strategic oil refinery north of Khartoum and broke the siege at its main headquarters in the central Khartoum.
Military Chief, General Abdel Fattah al-Kbarhan, visited the object For days later he promised to remove paramilitary forces from the “every angle of Sudan”.
But even while military officers celebrated their victory, the High Commissioner of the UN Human Rights accused fighters and militia with them concise execution At least 18 people in newly liberated areas.
The fights also escalated in OmdurmanA city via Nile from the capital where there are about 2.4 million people home and is the second largest city of Sudan. Suda’s Ministry of Health said at least 54 people were killed and 158 other injured on Saturday when paramilitary forces shelled there a hectic market.
Just a few days later, on Tuesday, the Ministry announced that six people had been killed and 38 other wounded when minobacchic shells hit the main hospital who had already treated the people who were injured in the fight.
Fierce conflicts also followed this week in southern Cordofan, which shares a border with southern Sudan, and the Blue Nile countries, where millions have already faced terrible humanitarian crises.
In the city of Kadgli in southern Cordofan, the latest clashes left at least 80 people of the dead, Said the United Nations This week.
Mr Musa, who lives in the city, said many people do not have access to appropriate food or medicine. Workers were unable to receive salaries, he said, and many families had a limited cash, especially after Sudan introduced new banks last month.
Conflicts continued all over the city, he said, and the thunder of shells and shootings forced many people to collapse.
“Kadugli is currently an active zone,” Mr Musa said, adding that the whole situation was “tragic.”
The Western region of Darfura has been a place of intense conflict lately, a torturous reprise for an area that experienced genocide just over two decades ago.
From the beginning of the conflict, paramilitary forces or RSF and their allies have Made of attacks in the region and united their control over larger cities.
They also El Fasher siegeThe capital of northern Darfur, where they clashed with the army and his allies. The attack on the only functional hospital in El Fasher was killed by 70 people in late January and injured 19 others, according to Tedos Adhan Ghebreyesus, head of the World Health Organization.
The El Fasher resident reported on Friday about disorders of already fragile internet connections, seriously reducing people’s ability to communicate. Fierce battles and shelling continued furious in the city, sometimes late into the night, which led to severe injuries and stresses of a burdened health system.
Fighting throughout the region also has displaced Hundreds familiesAccording to the united nations, pushing some of them on run over the border to Chad.
The latest conflict did not spare children. At least 40 children were killed in just three days of this month, UNICEF said this week.
“As the conflict persists, the life and future of the children are hanging in balance and for their sake, violence must end immediately,” the representative of UNICEF Sudana, Annmarie Swai, Annmarie, in a statement.
For now, the warring parties insist that they can eventually be abolished by others.
Despite the losses in the capital, Lieutenant Mohamed Hamdan, a paramilitary leader, delivered a a Recorded video speech Last week, in which he sought to renew the relaxed morality among his forces and promised to capture fresh territory.
“We have to think of what we intend to take,” he said. “Look forward, not backwards.”
