The civil war that broke out between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan on April 15 left nearly 2 million Sudanese civilians homeless with great material and moral destruction, while more than half a million people sought refuge in safer places outside the country.
In Sudan, which has become increasingly unstable politically and economically with the military coups in 2019 and 2021, following the public protests in 2018 caused by the cost of living,
The conflicts, which turned into a civil and ethnic war, started by the RSF to overthrow the interim head of state, the Chairman of the Sovereignty Council and military commander Abdelfattah al-Burhan, have been going on for 9 weeks.
In Sudan, clashes took place between the two sides in all parts of the country, mainly and intensely in the capital Khartoum and the surrounding cities of Umdurman and Bahri, the Darfur region in the west and Ubayd in the south.
Although the RSF could not be present in the northern and eastern parts, where the army is strong, it is in intense conflict with the army in the central parts of the capital, especially in the regions where it was founded in Chad, Libya, Central Africa and South Sudan.
HALF THE POPULATION NEEDS HELP
Due to the ongoing conflicts despite ceasefire decisions and threats of international sanctions, according to the United Nations (UN), approximately 25 million civilians, equivalent to more than half of the population in Sudan, are in need of humanitarian aid and so far, around 2 million people have been helped.
According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), close to 2 million people have been internally displaced since the conflict began on April 15, and more than half a million people have fled abroad to safer places.
According to the UN International Organization for Migration, 528,147 Sudanese crossed over to neighboring countries, including 149,383 to Chad, 110,980 to South Sudan, 45,605 to Ethiopia, 15,219 to the Central African Republic, and 1395 to Libya. explained.
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) reported that more than 1 million children have been displaced in Sudan since the beginning of the conflict.
International donors, who came together in Geneva, pledged 1.5 billion dollars for humanitarian aid to Sudan and the surrounding countries where those who fled from this country took refuge.
REJECTING KENYA'S CALL FOR MEETING FROM SUDAN
The Khartoum government opposed Kenya's invitation to meet the foreign ministers of the committee established by the Intergovernmental Authority for Development in East Africa (IGAD) on ending the conflict and resolving the conflict in Sudan.
In the statement, "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that the Sudanese government did not welcome the holding of this meeting and was opposed to it, and was not interested in the outcomes of this meeting, as Sudan was waiting for a response from the IGAD presidency to Kenya's objection to the presidency of Kenya (to the four committees). The Kenyan government's haste in resolving this issue and the Kenyan authorities' statements that they are guided by international initiatives do not serve the principle of African solutions to African problems," it was stated.
On the other hand, despite the 72-hour ceasefire agreement between the army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which started the previous day, heavy clashes took place in the city of Umdurman, west of the capital Khartoum.
Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan discussed the ceasefire and political solution with Sudan Sovereignty Council President and Army Commander General Abdelfattah al-Burhan and Quick Support Forces (RSF) Commander Mohammed Hamdan Dagalu.