Khartoum was calmer on Saturday morning as a seven-day ceasefire appeared to reduce fighting between two rival military factions although it has not yet provided the promised humanitarian relief to millions trapped in the capital.
FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: A Sudanese national flag is attached to a machine gun of Paramilitary Rapid Support Forces ,FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: A Sudanese national flag is attached to a machine gun of Paramilitary Rapid Support Forces ,reduce fighting between two rival military factions
On Saturday, witnesses said that Khartoum was calmer, although sporadic clashes were reported overnight. Gulf broadcaster Al-Arabiya reported some clashes in northwestern Khartoum and southern Omdurman, a city neighbouring the capital. In a statement on Saturday, the RSF accused the army of violating the ceasefire and destroying the country’s mint in an air strike.
Those who remain in Khartoum are struggling with failures of services such as electricity, water and phone networks. Looters have ransacked homes, mostly in well-off neighbourhoods. “No one is bothered to help the Sudanese people, neither the government nor internationally. We are humans, where is the humanity?” he added. Aid agencies say that despite the truce they have struggled to get the bureaucratic and security guarantees to transport aid and staff in safer parts of the country to Khartoum and other hot zones. Warehouses have been looted.
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