“Renewed Clashes in Sudan Despite Ceasefire Talks: Latest Updates and Humanitarian Crisis”

2023-05-18 07:10:00

Clashes between the country’s two military forces have renewed despite ceasefire talks

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Al-Arabiya and Al-Hadath correspondent reported fierce battles and air strikes in the south Khartoum today is Thursday.

He also talked regarding the intense bombardment of army fighters in Khartoum targeting Rapid Support sites.

Clashes between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces were renewed on Wednesday in Khartoum, according to Al-Arabiya/Al-Hadath correspondent.

The reporter also confirmed that the army aircraft flew over the sky of the Sudanese capital, amid hearing the sounds of ground anti-aircraft missiles.

Clashes have renewed between the two military forces in the country despite the cease-fire talks that began in the city of Jeddah, western Saudi Arabia, last week, which resulted in a preliminary agreement for calm, of 7 items that allow the transfer of aid and the protection of civilians, but they have not yet reached a cease-fire that allows the implementation of these. the conditions.

In addition, the United Nations estimated, on Wednesday, regarding 25 million people, the number of people in need of humanitarian aid in Sudan, and regarding $ 3.03 billion, the volume of emergency aid needed by the country, and those fleeing the war to neighboring countries, whose number is expected to exceed one million this year.

Humanitarian needs have worsened since the conflict broke out in the country on April 15, according to the United Nations, which has revised its plan to respond to the crisis.

For his part, the Director of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Geneva, Ramesh Rajasingham, told reporters, “Today, 25 million people – more than half of the population of Sudan – need humanitarian assistance and protection,” explaining that this number “is the largest number” in need of humanitarian aid recorded by the UN agency. in this country at all.

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