2023-04-26 14:07:31
The hostilities that have been going on in Sudan for years have pushed the country towards a full-scale civil war, which the population has been dreading for years.
Between the Sudanese army and the country’s main paramilitary force (RSF) on April 15 broke out the fights in which the WHO is the latest data nearly 500 people lost their lives and 4,072 were injured. According to the organization’s representative in Sudan, these figures are underestimated.
The clashes have crippled hospitals and other essential services and left many people stranded in their homes, with food and water running low. The WHO has reported 14 attacks on health facilities since the fighting began.
The United States 72-hour ceasefire ordered starting at midnight on Monday, by the decision of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. The conflicting Sudanese troops negotiated for 48 hours before agreeing to the agreement.
The soldiers occupied a laboratory where life-threatening biological materials are stored
In Khartoum, the capital of the country with a population of 45 million “high risk of biological hazard”, following a warring party seized a laboratory storing measles and cholera pathogens and other dangerous materials, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday.
Lab technicians are unable to enter the lab to secure hazardous biological materials, leaving the area at high risk.
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The WHO warns that there is a risk of leakage of infectious and deadly pathogens because “biological materials stored in the laboratory for medical purposes cannot be properly handled”.
A doctor told CNN that “the real danger is if any kind of armed conflict breaks out in the laboratory, because it turns the laboratory into a bacterial bomb”.
The area became so dangerous that they had to withdraw the aid groups as well
At least five aid workers have been killed since the fighting broke out, and the two UN agencies that lost staff, the International Organization for Migration and the World Food Programme, have suspended their operations.
“In those areas where intense fighting hindered our humanitarian operations, we were forced to reduce our activities” – said OCHA spokesman Jens Laerke. “But we are committed to continuing to provide assistance to the people of Sudan.”
What is behind the fights?
The dictatorial regime in the country ended in 2019, when Omar al-Bashir, who had led Sudan for three decades, was overthrown. The country was then taken over in a military coup in October 2021 by the head of the Sudanese National Army (SAF), General Abdel-Fattah Burháni.
The political situation in Sudan has been turbulent ever since, diplomats warned the country as early as the beginning of 2022 that violent outbreaks were expected.
Tensions have been simmering for months between General Abdel Fattah al-Burháni and General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, who leads the paramilitary organization (RSF). Since the 2019 uprising, a central cause of the uprisings has been the civilian demand to oversee the military and integrate the RSF into the national army. This integration was wanted by the RSF to be delayed by 10 years, but the army said it should happen within 2 years. In fact, this was the factor that sparked the fight between the teams.
A huge escape wave
The current situation in the third largest African country is similar to the situation that occurred in Kiev last February, when Russia attacked Ukraine.
The photo shows evacuees from war-torn Sudan boarding a military plane bound for Kenya.
The evacuation was started by the Americans, who are evacuating hundreds of their diplomats from the war zone. After them, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Canada, Italy, Greece, Sweden, Turkey, Egypt, India, Germany, Croatia and Great Britain also started their evacuation measures.
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