By Chris Muhizi Minembwe Capital news Wednesday May 31st/2023.
According to Sudanese diplomatic sources said that the army of Sudan has ceased its participation in negotiations for a ceasefire and humanitarian access, which has led to worries of further combat that has driven hundreds of thousands of people from their homes.
Early in May, in the Saudi Arabian port city of Jeddah, negotiations with the rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) resulted in a proclamation of promises to protecting civilians and two short-term ceasefire agreements that have been frequently broken.
The RSF claimed in a statement that the army had stopped the discussions in Jeddah in order to weaken them and had violated the truce by attacking its positions with heavy artillery and aircraft.
Brigadier Nabil Abdalla, a spokesman for the army, told the Associated Press news agency that the decision was made as a result of the RSF’s alleged “repeated violations” of the humanitarian ceasefire, including their continued occupation of hospitals and other civilian infrastructure in the capital Khartoum.
Over 350,000 people have entered neighboring countries through border crossings as a result of the war’s forced displacement of nearly 1.4 million people.
The UN calculated that, more than six weeks into the conflict, more than 25 million people needed help and protection, or more than half the population.
Large-scale looting and repeated power and water supply interruptions have affected several parts of the capital. Almost all hospitals are no longer in operation.
According to Mohamed El Hacen Lebatt, the African Union’s spokesperson on the Sudanese situation, the Sudanese army’s pullout from the Jeddah negotiations is not unexpected. A lot of times. In order to work on the anticipated ceasefire, we hope the mediator is successful in bringing both parties together.
Outside of the capital, there have also been clashes, especially in Darfur, where a conflict that started in 2003 has been raging ever since in the extreme west of Sudan.