Sudan Fighting Enters Third Week as UN Says Country Collapsing
- Date: 29-Apr-2023
- Source: Asharq AL-awsat
- Sector:Agriculture
- Country:Egypt
Sudan Fighting Enters Third Week as UN Says Country Collapsing
Warplanes on bombing raids drew heavy anti-aircraft fire over Khartoum on Saturday as fierce fighting between Sudan's army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) entered a third week, violating a renewed truce.
More than 500 people have been killed since battles erupted on April 15 between the forces of army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his number two Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who commands the RSF.
They have agreed to multiple truces but none has effectively taken hold as the number of dead civilians continues to rise and chaos and lawlessness grip Khartoum, a city of five million people where many have been cloistered in their homes lacking food, water, and electricity.
Tens of thousands of people have been uprooted within Sudan or embarked on arduous trips to neighboring Chad, Egypt, South Sudan, and Ethiopia to flee the battles.
"There is no right to go on fighting for power when the country is falling apart," UN chief Antonio Guterres told Al Arabiya television.
The latest three-day ceasefire -- due to expire at midnight Sunday (2200 GMT) -- was agreed Thursday after mediation led by the United States, Saudi Arabia, the African Union and the United Nations.
"We woke up once again to the sound of fighter jets
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