Sudan

[Schneemann]

Angesichts der aktuellen Weltlage ist der interne Konflikt im Sudan in den letzten Wochen und Monaten etwas aus dem Fokus geraten. Dabei ist die Lage vor Ort nachwievor alles andere als ruhig. Der Machtkampf zwischen den Rapid Support Forces (die von der Wagner-Gruppe und vermutlich auch den Emiraten unterstützt werden) und den Sudanese Armed Forces tobt weiterhin.

Und erstere Gruppierung hat wohl in den letzten Tagen einen taktischen Erfolg erringen können...

Sudan war: General Burhan blames fall of Wad Madani on 'negligence'

Sudan's army chief has lambasted "negligent" commanders after a rival paramilitary group captured the strategic city of Wad Madani. The army had been criticised for leaving the capital of Gezira state, without putting up a fight. [...] Four days after Wad Madani's fall, Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan addressed the matter publicly. [...]

The army says it will investigate the "surprise withdrawal", which enabled the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to take control of Wad Madani. The RSF announced that they have captured the entire Gezira state but the BBC has been unable to verify this. However, aid workers have been pulling out of neighbouring areas in case the fighting continues to spread. The RSF, who have been battling the army since April, are believed to control nearly 70% of Sudan's capital city, Khartoum, along with most of the western Darfur region. [...]

One resident who refused to flee told the BBC: "Wad Madani is a ghost town." "The shops are closed, hospitals are out of service and there is no presence of the army or the police. Only the RSF fighters are here," said a college professor, who asked not to be named.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-67801561

Ferner:

Thousands Flee as Sudan's War Spreads to Crucial Aid Hub

It's recently been reported that the two main protagonists of Sudan's current conflict - leaders of the armed forces and militia at war since April - have agreed to face-to-face talks. The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), an East African body, announced the potential breakthrough - although Sudan's foreign ministry has since claimed IGAD's statement is inaccurate, creating further uncertainty.

Meanwhile, Sudan's army is struggling to stave off advances by the Rapid Support Forces near Wad Madani, a large city in an area that had been protected from violence and taken in hundreds of thousands of people during eight months of war. Clashes in the region, around 170 km southeast of Khartoum, pose a danger to ignite a new front in a conflict that has destroyed the capital, forced almost seven million people from their homes, and sparked waves of ethnically motivated massacres in Darfur.

https://allafrica.com/view/group/main/ma...87976.html

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