THE two powerful armed forces in Sudan continue to fight for power, however, there’s already a losing side in this conflict and these are the innocent civilians trapped in the conflict.
As the war rages on residents in Sudan are suffering due to the basic necessities like clean water and food.
After almost a week of intense fighting, the warring factions of Sudan —the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), and the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF), have declared a 72-hour truce for EID, although death and destruction have already shattered the festivities in the African state.
The paramilitary RSF first announced a ceasefire on Friday, however, clashes still continued north of the capital, SAF, later, announced a 3-day suspension of fighting.
But the whole of Sudan- and the international community is on the edge amid fears that the ceasefire will be broken again.
Around midday, air strikes rocked Central Khartoum, witnesses said that gunshots have been incessant since nightfall.
The fighting has been going on for days between the Sudanese army of General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhane, the Defacto leader of Sudan since the 2021 coup happened, and the paramilitary RSF General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo.
The conflict between both sides dragged on for years and eventually erupted into an armed struggle.
The intense fighting in Khartoum affected supplies of the people’s basic necessities including food, water, medicine, and electricity.
Some residents said that they are unable to go out for days for fear of getting caught in the crossfire.
Momen Almakki, a Khartoum-based journalist shared his experience with water shortage amid the clashes.
“For six days I couldn’t go out of this door in order to get our necessities of food and water. Now, we do not have any access to water or electricity. Our situation is bad, but the weather is very hot in Khartoum. Temperatures now are reaching 38 and maybe 40 degrees [celsius].
“As you see, I here, there is no water. We do not have any clean water here in tubes for now. For six days, we do not have water. And I’m going to show you our stocks of water. These are our water container. Our water container is nearly half of it, nearly empty. It does not have much water. We have another one. I will show it to you right now. This is nearly full. Our water will make us live for maybe one to two days. But after that, we will suffer a lot, if we didn’t get clean water.]
More hospitals were heavily damaged in Khartoum, according to the world health organization, the clashes left hundreds dead and thousands more injured.
Thousands of residents have also sought to flee Sudan, with many locals seen carrying their belongings to a bus station in the city.
Since October 2021, Sudan has been without a functioning government, this is due to the military dismissing Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok’s transitional government and declaring a state of emergency in what political forces called a ‘coup’.
