The Sudanese army gains in the capital while the paramilitaries retain key positions.
The soldiers of Sudan captured a large bridge connecting the east of the capital Khartoum to the south, a few days after its recovery control of its northern part From the fast support forces (RSF).
While the conflict in Sudan approaches the two -year mark, the army has known in recent weeks in large expanses of the capital and its surroundings of the paramilitary group.
RSF still controls certain key positions, including the central market, the presidential palace and some of the residential districts in the South and the West.
It also holds parts of the central region of Kordofan, most of the western region of Darfur, and besieged in the army and its allies in the city of El-Fashir, the capital of Darfur du Nord.
Residents and doctors said on Friday that the RSF attacked the Zamzam travel camp struck by famine, south of El-Fashir, while the group tried to tighten its grip on the Bastion of Darfur.
It is estimated that 11.4 million civilians have been forced from their home since the start of the conflict in April 2023. Three million are refugees in neighboring countries, while More than eight million are moved internally.
“Sudan’s regional neighbors say they want the conflict to end,” said Mohamed Vall d’Al Jazeera, accounting for Sennar in Sudan. “Peace efforts have been made in Jeddah, Cairo, Addis Ababa, Geneva and elsewhere. But all have so far failed.
“The RSF and the army say they are ready to speak but with warnings and unacceptable conditions on the other side. The two always think that they can get a total victory on the battlefield. »»
“ Destruction and sampling of blood ‘
Speaking on Friday at a high-level humanitarian conference in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, UN secretary general, Antonio Guterres, described the situation in Sudan as a disaster on An “amazing scale and brutality”.
“This is a crisis that requires sustained and urgent attention,” he told participants, stressing the need to stop the movement of weapons and ammunition in the country.
“This flow allows the pursuit of a formidable civil destruction and a bloodshed,” added Guterres.
Nearly 25 million people suffer from “acute” hunger levels, according to UN figures, and the supply of aid requires a cease-fire to be put in place.
Guterres called on the world leaders to use their influence for peace and stimulate humanitarian aid efforts before the sacred month of Ramadan.
“We have to do more – and do more now – to help the inhabitants of Sudan get out of this nightmare.”
