Guterres condemns airstrike in Sudan
Guterres condemns airstrike in Sudan
The UN Secretary General condemned the army's airstrike in Sudan. António Guterres, in a statement condemning the air attack by the Sudanese army in the west of the Omdurman district in Khartoum state, also expressed concern about the published reports of violence and victimization of people in the Darfur region, according to AAA.At least 22 civilians have been killed in an army airstrike in Sudan, near the capital Khartoum. Scores of people have been injured in an attack in the city of Omdurman, which borders Khartoum, the Khartoum state health ministry said on Saturday.
In this country in the Horn of Africa, an army under the command of President Abdel-Fattah al-Burhan has been fighting against former Vice President Mohammed Hamdan Daglo's paramilitary Rapid Response Force (RSF) militia since mid-April, after a power struggle openly escalated between two generals who initiated the coup. In Khartoum and its environs, in addition to fighting for strategic facilities, there are constant attacks on residential areas. The RSF fighters use the captured houses of civilians as cover. On Saturday, the RSF accused the army of killing at least 31 people.UN Secretary General António Guterres condemned yesterday's incident. “The Secretary General remains deeply concerned that the ongoing war between the armies has brought Sudan to the brink of full-blown civil war, potentially destabilizing the entire region,” his deputy Farhan Haq said in New York on Saturday.
At least 3,300 people have died in Sudan since the outbreak of hostilities, according to conflict monitoring organization ACLED. According to the latest figures from the United Nations Refugee Agency, 2.9 million people in Sudan have been displaced by the conflict, with more than 600,000 fleeing to neighboring countries. In addition to Khartoum, the Darfur region in the west of the country, which has been torn apart by ethnic conflicts for decades, is particularly affected by heavy fighting and an ever-increasing escalation of ethnic violence.
