Warring Sudanese Factions Agree to Fresh Truce Attempt
South Sudan’s foreign ministry said Sudan’s warring military factions will begin a weeklong truce tomorrow and name representatives for peace talks, though there was no immediate confirmation of the deal from either party (NYT)
UN: Eight Hundred Thousand Refugees Could Flee Sudan
More than one hundred thousand refugees have fled Sudan since two generals went to war on April 15, and seven hundred thousand more could follow if the conflict continues, resulting in a regional crisis, the UN refugee agency said; over three hundred thousand people have been internally displaced, according to UN estimates (WaPo)
UN Warns of Humanitarian ‘Breaking Point’ as Fighting Continues in Sudan
UN humanitarian affairs chief Martin Griffiths warned that the humanitarian situation in Sudan is reaching a “breaking point” as fighting continues in the capital, Khartoum, despite a cease-fire; he urged the warring military factions to respect the truce and refrain from attacking civilian areas (UN News)
Warring Sudanese Factions Extend Cease-Fire for Seventy-Two Hours
Neighboring countries, as well as the United States, United Kingdom, and United Nations, mediated the extension, which has not curtailed heavy fighting in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum; thousands of people have attempted to flee the country in recent days (BBC)
U.S. and African Countries Promote Extension of Truce
The United States and African countries have pushed for the extension of a seventy-two-hour truce between Sudan’s warring military groups; air strikes and antiaircraft fire were heard in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, today ahead of the cease-fire’s expiration at midnight (Reuters)
UN Envoy: No Sign of End to Violence
Despite the partial observance of a U.S.-brokered cease-fire, there are no signs that Sudan’s warring military factions are ready to seriously negotiate, the UN special envoy for Sudan said (Reuters)
U.S.-Brokered Cease-Fire in Sudan Yields Limited Lull in Fighting
Some residents in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, heard shelling and gunfire today, even though U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced that the country’s warring military factions agreed to begin a three-day cease-fire last night, their fourth attempt at a truce; other residents reported that fighting in certain areas of the city had died down (WaPo)
Meanwhile, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned of a “high risk of biological hazard” after one of the warring parties seized a laboratory containing measles and cholera pathogens (Reuters)
The WHO reported that at least 459 people have been killed in the conflict, which UN Secretary-General António Guterres said could become a regional “conflagration;” the United Nations estimated that up to 270,000 people could flee Sudan into Chad and South Sudan (Al Jazeera)
The UN humanitarian office in Sudan has reduced its operations due to the fighting (Reuters)
Foreign Governments Begin Evacuating Diplomatic Personnel
Countries including the United States, France, and the United Kingdom have begun to evacuate diplomats from Sudan after failing to mediate a deadly conflict between two Sudanese generals (NYT)
UN: Up to Twenty Thousand People Have Fled Sudan’s Violence to Neighboring Chad
The United Nations said many of those fleeing the internecine clashes between Sudanese military forces have lacked food, water, and shelter; fighting in Sudan, a majority Muslim country, continued today as festivities to mark the end of Ramadan approached (AFP)
Also, satellite imagery of Wagner bases in Libya supports claims that the Russian mercenary group Wagner has been supplying Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) with missiles, according to Sudanese and regional diplomatic sources (CNN)
Thousands Try to Flee Sudan Fighting as Clashes Continue
Gunfire in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, continued for a sixth day despite efforts to broker a cease-fire between the military and the paramilitary group known as the Rapid Support Forces (RSF); residents have tried to escape the city, where supermarkets are running low on food (Reuters)
U.S. officials said yesterday that the situation is too volatile to get embassy staff out of the country (CNN)
The U.S. State Department is reportedly preparing sanctions on both sides (WSJ)
Meanwhile, interference from a Libyan militia and the Egyptian army threaten to escalate the conflict; Egypt sent warplanes to the Sudanese military before and shortly after fighting broke out, while Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar sent a plane of military supplies to the RSF, the Wall Street Journal reported (WSJ)
Shelling Continues in Sudanese Capital Despite Cease-Fire Efforts
Air strikes were heard in Khartoum today despite regional leaders’ efforts to negotiate a cease-fire between Sudan’s army and the paramilitary group known as the Rapid Support Forces; more than two hundred people have died since fighting began over the weekend (Bloomberg)
Sudan Death Toll Surpasses One Hundred
At least 185 people have been killed and more than one thousand injured amid fighting between Sudan’s military and the paramilitary group known as the Rapid Support Forces, the UN envoy to Sudan said (Al Jazeera)
Clashes Between Rival Sudanese Security Forces Kill Dozens of Civilians
Fighting between Sudan’s army and the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (RSF) continued in the country’s capital of Khartoum today despite international calls for a ceasefire; the clashes have killed at least ninety-seven civilians since they broke out on Saturday, according to the Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors, an activist group (Reuters)
Hundreds more have been injured; the army and RSF had previously been in talks to merge their forces as part of a transition toward restoring a civilian-led government in the wake of the country’s 2021 coup (CNN)
Quad to Meet in Washington for Sudan Talks
The Quad—comprising Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States—are set to meet in Washington with representatives of both sides of the Sudanese war; the goal is to broker a three-month humanitarian truce amid widespread starvation and displacement (AFP)