![]() Washington slapped sanctions on the two warring generals last week, blaming both for the “appalling bloodshed” after a US- and Saudi-brokered truce collapsed and the army pulled out of ceasefire talks altogether, raising fears that it was preparing for an intensified assault on Khartoum. The United Nations says more than 1.5 million people have been displaced, both within the country and across its borders. Since the fighting began on April 15, more than 1,800 people have been killed, according to the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project. In a scenario that repeated itself often, hours after the start of every ceasefire, witnesses would report “the sound of heavy artillery fire”. ![]() The two sides have agreed to a number of ceasefires, but their agreement proved to be nothing more than lip service as one truce after another offered brief lulls in the violence for the residents of Khartoum, but not a long enough peace that humanitarian supplies could get in or terrified people could get out. The two powerful foes tearing the country apart are army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his former deputy and ally, Mohamed Hamdan “Hemedti” Dagalo, who commands the powerful paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Eight weeks of fighting in Sudan have decimated the country’s hospitals, killing nearly 2,000 people and displacing thousands as they try to escape the battles raging around them. ![]()
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