Sudan Army Rebuffs US Ceasefire Proposal
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Every single person who has arrived in Tawila has one or multiple members of their family that they cannot account for,” the leader of one humanitarian group told NBC News.
Explosions were reported near Sudan's capital Khartoum just hours after the RSF paramilitary forces said they agreed to a U.S.-backed truce proposal.
For more than two years, Sudan’s military and a powerful paramilitary force have torn the country apart in a war for power, both digging in against peace efforts even as atrocities mount and starvation spreads.
While the war in Sudan has most often been portrayed as an internal conflict between two warring generals, the murky involvement of several foreign powers makes the conflict far more complex – and deadly.
Also this week, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), the leading international authority on hunger crises, declared that a famine is taking place ins El Fasher, as well as in Kadguli,
The Sudanese army has intercepted drones fired by its rival paramilitary group targeting two northeastern cities.
Civilians in al-Fashir were shot in the streets, targeted in drone strikes and crushed by trucks, witnesses to the first days of the RSF's takeover described to Reuters, providing a glimpse into the violent capture of one of Sudan's largest cities.
The R.S.F. paramilitary group, facing growing condemnation for atrocities in Darfur, said it had agreed to a cease-fire proposal, but it is not yet clear what the military will do.
The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan have agreed to a humanitarian truce after over two years of conflict with the Sudanese Army. The ceasefire, proposed by the US, Egypt, UAE, and Saudi Arabia, aims to address Sudan’s catastrophic humanitarian crisis and allow vital aid delivery.
The Sudanese army chief said the war against the RSF, accused of committing horrific atrocities in El-Fasher, will be won