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  • April 18, 2023
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Presidential Palace and High Command Zone Sudanese armyin the center of Khartoum were the site of explosions and gunshots immediately after the 24-hour truce proposed by the United

Presidential Palace and High Command Zone Sudanese armyin the center of Khartoum were the site of explosions and gunshots immediately after the 24-hour truce proposed by the United States went into effect, eyewitnesses told EFE.

These clashes between Sudanese army and a powerful paramilitary group Operational support forces (FAR) began just fifteen minutes after the truce went into effect, according to the same sources.

Similar FAR they accused Sudanese army about the violation of the truce, to which both sides in the conflict agreed.

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The paramilitaries stated that ” Armed forces continue to insist on committing the most heinous crimes against civilians in violation of international humanitarian law and combat regulations, violating the truce reached through international mediation, ”says a statement published on his official Twitter account.

group led by Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, alias “Hemedty“, a strong man from Sudanassured that they registered in the first minutes of the declared truce “sporadic seizuresagainst your units in some areas Khartoumspecifically in “the areas of the headquarters of the main command and east of the Nile.”

For this reason, they announced that the “coup forces” in relation to the army “have no obligations” to the international community.

It was the first truce 24 hours since the fighting began four days ago in Sudansince both sides agreed in the previous days to a truce for a few hours to allow captured civilians in the crossfire can be evacuated and took to the streets to stock up, although the fighting did not stop either.

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These fierce battles have left at least 270 civilians killed and much more 2000 woundedin accordance with world organization health (WHO) with reference to the operational headquarters Ministry of Health Sudanese.

As part of the meeting on foreign affairs, which group of seven took place in a Japanese city KaruizawaUS Secretary of State, Anthony Blinkencalled for a 24-hour ceasefire so that civilians can “return safely to their families and receive badly needed emergency supplies.”

The clashes between rival warlords that began on the 15th came after weeks of tension over security reform during negotiations for a new transitional government that brought the African nation to the brink of civil war.

(EFE)

Source: Aristegui Noticias

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