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| Fighting rages in Sudan’s Darfur on day 4 of truce |
| 2023-05-27 |
| Fighting between forces loyal to Sudan’s rival generals on Friday rocked the western region of Darfur, witnesses said, on the fourth day of a fragile US- and Saudi-brokered ceasefire. The one-week truce, the latest in a series of agreements that have all been systematically violated, was breached only minutes after it took effect on Monday night. For the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app. There have since been further violations of the ceasefire, which is meant to allow for much-needed humanitarian aid to reach war-ravaged parts of the country, with the warring sides blaming each other. In El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, residents reported “battles with all types of weapons,” six weeks into a war between the regular army, led by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Since it erupted on April 15, the fighting has killed more than 1,800 people, according to the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project. The United Nations says more than a million Sudanese have been displaced, in addition to 300,000 who have fled to neighboring countries. Even before the conflict began, one-third of Sudan’s 45 million people faced famine, and about 25 million people were now in need of humanitarian aid, the UN said. While the current ceasefire agreement has allowed for a lull in fighting, no humanitarian corridors have been opened to allow civilians to leave or aid to reach the affected areas. The United States said on Thursday observers had detected the use of artillery, drones and military aircraft as well as fighting both in Khartoum and in Darfur. “We retain our sanctions authority and if appropriate we will not hesitate to use that authority,” said US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller. Conditions have been particularly alarming in Darfur, already ravaged by a conflict that erupted in 2003 and saw then president Omar al-Bashir unleash the feared Janjaweed militia to crush a rebellion among ethnic minority groups. The RSF, which is led by Burhan’s former deputy Mohammed Hamdan Daglo, traces its origins to the Janjaweed. Burhan and Daglo had in 2021 staged a coup that unseated a civilian transitional government but later fell out in a bitter power struggle. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #7 ^^^^ That's me, sorry. |
| Posted by: DooDahMan 2023-05-27 20:46 |
| #6 "Fighting rages in Sudan's Darfur on day 4 of truce" Truce? Fighting raging? Got it. |
| Posted by: Jeremiah Lumumba1937 2023-05-27 20:45 |
| #5 I do not. I thought she was going to jail for the server. I had to scrap all my calculations once the FBI and DOJ proved to be completely corrupt. Now I can see that every judge and jury in DC, NYC and Arizona are worthless. I guess it is in God’s hands so I will stick with Jun 5th. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2023-05-27 19:38 |
| #4 /\ Ref #2: I look forward to the future where Hillary and her crowd are out of my calculus. Do you have a tentative date ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2023-05-27 17:19 |
| #3 Tears of the Desert by Halima Bashir, a Darfur Zaghawa would perhaps change your mind. |
| Posted by: Slavising Unineting5672 2023-05-27 16:53 |
| #2 I supported Colin Powell’s call to action against the Janjaweed. I also respect Manute Bol aka The Dinka Dunker. Now I find myself hesitant to support anything that I have not studied to the extent that I understand the aims of the evil globalist fascists. Back then, I was more of a typical American, ready to pick a side and start the ka-bar stabbing. Currently, the cynical me supports the Arabs losing unless that loss results in a Hillary sponsored slave market where kids are sold to anyone especially Westerners. I look forward to the future where Hillary and her crowd are out of my calculus. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2023-05-27 08:44 |
| #1 The struggle in Darfur is not being covered in full. The Janjaweed noted in this article were used by Arab masters to cow Darfur's ethnic minorities. All appearances indicate that the rebels, led by a minority Zaghawa ethnic, are fighting Khartoum for preeminence in Darfur. Should they succeed there will either be greater autonomy in the region, or the very large provinces of North and South Darfur could exit the so-called Republic. The Nile River Arabs, who feel they own Sudan fear this event. First they lost South Sudan; next may be Darfur; should that happen there is the east and its ethnic minorities to worry about next. |
| Posted by: Slavising Unineting5672 2023-05-27 07:56 |