لإغاثة المحاصرين ..هدنة إنسانية في الفاشر لمدة أسبوع

The head of the Transitional Sovereign Council in Sudan, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, agreed to a humanitarian ceasefire for one week in the city of El Fasher, the capital of the Darfur region, which has been besieged by the Rapid Support Forces for nearly two years.

The Sudanese approval came during a phone call between al-Burhan and United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who called for a humanitarian ceasefire to facilitate the delivery of aid to thousands of besieged individuals and welcomed the appointment of a new Prime Minister in Sudan, reaffirming his support for efforts to complete the civilian transition in the country.

On the ground, local sources reported the death of at least 20 civilians in attacks by the Rapid Support Forces on villages south of the city of El Obeid, the capital of North Kordofan, aimed at looting crops.

Sources indicated that the attacks targeting the villages of "Al-Haqouna" and "Lamina," located 40 kilometers south of El Obeid, resulted in several injuries, with the wounded being transported to El Obeid on animals.

For their part, the Shanabla and Badria tribes condemned, in a statement yesterday (Thursday), the attack on their members in the two villages, confirming that the victims were unarmed civilians.

It is worth noting that the Rapid Support Forces recently took control of the areas of Al-Hamadi, Al-Dubaybat, and Kazgail located south of El Obeid, which is under the control of the Sudanese army.

An official report submitted by Sudan to the United Nations Human Rights Council revealed killings, injuries, rapes, disappearances, and arbitrary detentions of hundreds of thousands of Sudanese since the outbreak of the war on April 15, 2023.

The report accused the Rapid Support Forces of committing genocide and extrajudicial killings in the Al-Jazeera state and the areas of Geneina, Ardamata, Al-Jamouiya, Al-Salihiya, El Obeid, Al-Nuhud, Al-Khoy, and the Zamzam and Abu Shouk camps.

The Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces have been engaged in a war since mid-April 2023, which has claimed the lives of more than 20,000 people and caused the displacement and refugee crisis of about 15 million individuals, according to the United Nations and local authorities, while a study conducted by American universities estimated the death toll at around 130,000.