Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have agreed to a three-day extension to a cease-fire in Sudan.
As the crisis in Sudan continues to unfold, there is mounting anger among Americans who feel abandoned by the US government and left to navigate the complicated and dangerous situArmed fighters rampaged through a city in Sudan's war-ravaged region of Darfur on Thursday, battling each other and looting shops and homes, residents said. The violence came despite the extension of a fragile truce between Sudan's two top generals, whose power struggle has killed hundreds.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who has spoken repeatedly with both generals, had earlier acknowledged the limits of the truce while saying he was determined to extend it. "We've had a 72-hour cease-fire, which like most cease-fires is imperfect but nonetheless has reduced violence," he said.
A U.S. defense official said the USS Truxtun, a U.S. Navy destroyer, is in the Red Sea off the coast of Sudan, and the USNS Brunswick, a fast transport ship, is expected to reach the coast later on Thursday. The USS Lewis B. Puller, an expeditionary ship, is further south in the Red Sea, heading north.
Darfur has been a battleground between the military and the paramilitary RSF since the conflict began nearly two weeks ago. Residents said the fighting in Genena was now dragging in tribal militias, tapping into longtime hatreds between the region's two main communities - one that identifies as Arab, the other as East or Central African.
It was often unclear who was fighting whom, with a mix of RSF and tribal militias - some allies of the RSF, some opponents - all running rampant. The military has largely withdrawn to its barracks, staying out of the clashes, and residents were taking up arms to defend themselves, said Dr. Salah Tour, a board member of the Doctors' Syndicate in the West Darfur province, of which Genena is the capital.
"It's a scorched earth war," said Adam Haroun, a political activist in West Darfur, speaking by telephone with the sound of gunfire at times drowning out his voice. At least 512 people, including civilians and combatants, have been killed in Sudan since April 15, with another 4,200 wounded, according to the Sudanese Health Ministry. The Doctors' Syndicate, which tracks civilian casualties, has recorded at least 295 civilians killed and 1,790 wounded.
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