After the announcement of the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support forces, the parties to the conflict in Sudan reached an agreement providing for the extension of the truce between them to give humanitarian representatives more time to carry out their vital work," despite the pledges of both sides, fighting broke out again in greater Khartoum and the Darfur region in the west of the country .

Edited by| Tony Wild

Politic section -  CJ journalist

Sudan conflict news section  

Khartoum – May,31,2023

As a result, the Sudanese army suspended its participation in its talks with the Rapid Support forces in the Saudi city of Jeddah in protest at the failure of the rapid withdrawal of support from public and private facilities, as stipulated by the ceasefire agreement reached by the parties recently

Mediators in the ongoing talks have admitted that the truce has been repeatedly violated by the parties, but so far they have avoided imposing any sanctions in the hope of keeping the parties to the conflict at the negotiating table

A Sudanese government official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the army made the decision "due to the rebels' failure to implement the clause on their withdrawal from hospitals and citizens ' homes and their constant violation of the truce."

In the capital, residents reported that " heavy artillery from Army camps in the north of Omdurman is carrying out shelling in the direction of Khartoum by sea, "and others confirmed that the" large Rapid Support Forces camp in Saliha south of Khartoum " was subjected to artillery shelling.

Army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan announced during a visit to the troops in the capital that " the army is ready to fight until victory."

Mohammed Hamdan Daglo, commander of the Rapid Support Forces, said the forces would "exercise their right to defend themselves" and accused the army of violating the truce

Since the fighting broke out on April 15, more than 1,800 people have been killed, according to the armed conflict website project and event data

According to the UN, more than 1.2 million people have been internally displaced, while more than 425 thousand have fled abroad, more than 170 thousand of them to Egypt.

The UN confirms that more than half of the population (25 million people) are in need of assistance and protection

Entire neighborhoods in Khartoum have been cut off from water, electricity is no longer available for more than a few hours a week, and a quarter of hospitals in combat zones have been out of service.

Many families continue to hide in their homes, rationing water and electricity, while trying hard to avoid stray bullets in the city of more than five million people, about 700 thousand of whom have fled, according to the UN.

The Sudanese Ministry of Health said in a statement that the island state, which is a major receiving station for displaced people from Khartoum, witnessed the exit of "nine health institutions from service despite the announced truce due to the Rapid Support militia that is moving in those areas and threatening the movement of medical personnel and supplies."

In Darfur, located on Sudan's western border with Chad, " the ongoing fighting blatantly ignores ceasefire commitments," according to Toby Harward of the UN refugee agency

The ongoing fighting has hampered the delivery of aid and protection needed by a record number of people (25 million people), more than half of the population, according to the UN

Despite the growing needs, the UN reports that it has received only 13 percent of the 2.6 billion dollars it needs

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