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10 civilians were killed in a residential area south of the Sudanese capital Khartoum Following an exchange of artillery shelling between… Sudanese army AndRapid Support ForcesAccording to what local committees announced on Thursday.
The South Hizam District Emergency Room in the Mayo neighborhood in southern Khartoum announced the killing of 10 civilians as a result of artillery and drone shelling.
She said Resistance committees In the region, “an exchange of artillery shelling and drones between the army and the Rapid Support Forces took place among residential neighborhoods and in a local market.”
The “Resistance Committees” are one of many groups around Sudan Which used to organize pro-democracy demonstrations. Since the outbreak of war between the army led by Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan And the Rapid Support Forces led by Muhammad Hamdan Dagalo.”My praise“On April 15, 2023, the committees help citizens trapped by the fighting.
The battles between the two former allies, Al-Burhan and Hemedti, resulted in the deaths of more than 12,190 people, according to estimates by the Armed Conflict Locations and Events Data Project (ACLED), a toll that is believed to remain below the actual toll.
It also caused the displacement of more than 7 million people inside and outside the country, according to the report United nations.
Failure of mediation
So far, all negotiations seeking to end the war through Saudi, American, and African mediation have failed, while neither warring side has declared a complete military victory.
Last month, the battles reached the outskirts of the city Wad Madanicapital Gezira State Which is located 180 km south of Khartoum, after it has remained far from the fighting since the outbreak of the war, and was a refuge for half a million displaced people from the capital, according to the United Nations.
The Rapid Support Forces succeeded in invading Al-Jazeera State, while the army responded with air strikes.
And at the beginning of this month in the Ethiopian capital Addis AbabaHemedti signed a political declaration with the former Sudanese Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdok A representative of the country’s civil forces after he extended an invitation to the two military commanders, but the Rapid Support Commander responded and the Army Commander was absent.
In the declaration, the Rapid Support Forces pledged their “full readiness to stop hostilities immediately and unconditionally through direct negotiations with the armed forces.”
