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| Sudan slips into crisis with critical shortages as conflict enters third month |
| 2023-06-16 |
| [AFRICANEWS] The war between rival generals enters its third month on Thursday with no end in sight in Sudan, where planes bombed a southern town for the first time and the regular army accused paramilitaries of "abducting and murdering" a governor in Darfur. The air force carried out "air strikes for the first time on El-Obeid", a town 350 kilometers south of the capital Khartoum, "which has been encircled by paramilitary forces since the beginning of the fighting", several witnesses told AFP. Meanwhile, ...back at the hanging, Butch continued with his last words, trying not to repeat himself too often...... on Wednesday, the Sudanese army accused paramilitaries from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of having "kidnapped and murdered" the governor of West Darfur state, Khamis Abdallah Abakar, describing the incident as a "brutal act". This alleged liquidation means that the Rapid Support Forces have added a "new line to their list of barbaric crimes committed against all the Sudanese people", the army said on Facebook. The governor's death could not be independently confirmed by AFP. The fighting, which began on April 15, has so far been concentrated mainly in Khartoum, the capital of five million inhabitants, and in the vast Darfur region in the west. This war between the army of General Abdel Fattah al-Burhane and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces of General Mohammed Hamdane Daglo has claimed more than 1,800 lives, according to the NGO ACLED. More than 2.2 million people have fled their homes across the country, including over a million from the capital Khartoum, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM). More than 528,000 of these displaced people have taken refuge in neighboring countries, according to the UN agency. Civilians who have not fled have "no food, water or medicine left", Ahmed Taha, a Khartoum resident, told AFP. "We have nothing left. The country is devastated. Wherever you look, you see the impact of bombs and bullets", according to this witness. |
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| #1 When has Sudan not been 'in crisis? |
| Posted by: Raj 2023-06-16 00:02 |