Artillery fire was heard in parts of Khartoum on Tuesday and warplanes flew over the city, residents said, raising fears that heavy fighting would dash Sudanese hopes fueled by a closely monitored ceasefire. international.
Some other residents reported relative calm early Tuesday, the first full day of a ceasefire monitored by Saudi Arabia and the United States and intended to allow for the delivery of humanitarian aid.
The activists have written to the United Nations (UN) envoy in Sudan complaining of gross human rights abuses against civilians that they say took place during the fighting.
After five weeks of fierce battles between the army and the Forças de Apoyo Fácil paramilitary group, the warring factions agreed on Saturday to a seven-day truce that began at 21:45 (16:45 GMT) on Monday, with the aim of allow the delivery of help.
The ceasefire deal, reached during talks in Jeddah, raised hopes for a lull in a war that has driven nearly 1.1 million people from their homes, more than 250,000 of whom have fled to neighboring countries, threatening to destabilize an unstable region.
“Our only hope is that the truce is successful, so that we can go back to our normal lives, feel safe and go back to work,” said Atef Salah El-Din, 42, a resident of Khartoum.
While fighting continued during the previous ceasefire, this was the first to be formally agreed after negotiations.
The ceasefire agreement includes for the first time a monitoring mechanism involving the army and the RSF, as well as representatives of Saudi Arabia and the United States, who brokered the agreement after negotiations in Jeddah.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the monitoring mechanism would be “remote”, without providing further details.
“If the ceasefire is violated, we will know and hold the violators accountable through our sanctions and other tools at our disposal,” he said in a video message.
“The Jeddah talks had a narrow focus. To end the violence and bring assistance to the Sudanese people. A permanent resolution of this conflict will require much more,” he added.
Both sides accused each other of an attempt to take power at the start of the conflict on 15 April.
The United Nations envoy to Sudan warned on Monday of the growing “ethnicisation” of the military conflict and the potential impact on neighboring states.
Source: Terra
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