Conflicts in Sudan this Saturday, which caused one of the most serious escalations of violence in recent years in the country, caused at least 30 killed and 400 woundedRepresentatives of the United Nations New York Times.
The newspaper points to an internal UN report based on hospital data.
Moreover, according to the UN representatives, New York Times, three Sudanese employees the World Food Program were killed in Darfur.
Guterres talks to leaders
UN Secretary-General António Guterres, in a statement, “strongly” condemned the start of clashes between the Rapid Support Forces (FAR) and the Sudanese Armed Forces in Sudan.
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This Saturday, Guterres spoke to various political leaders to try de-escalation of the conflict.
He spoke with African Union (AU) Commission President Moussa Faki Mahamat; Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and Lieutenant General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, also known as Hemeti.
For his part, Volker Perthes, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sudan and Head of the United Nations Integrated Transitional Assistance Mission in the Sudan (UNITAMS), announced that he had contacted both sides to ask them to immediately cease hostilities to ensure security. the Sudanese people and prevent further violence in the country.
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Paramilitary bombings
The Sudanese Air Force began this Saturday bombing the positions of the paramilitary group in an attempt to repel “aggression” this morning after the SAR accused the Sudanese army of attacking one of its headquarters.
The FAR, for its part, indicated that they had taken control of the presidential palace as well as Khartoum International Airport, the largest in Sudan, a claim the military denied.
The clashes came two days after the army warned that the country was in a “dangerous situation” that could lead to armed conflict, after SAF units “mobilized” in the Sudanese capital and other cities without the consent or coordination of the armed forces. (EFE)