Civil society organizations stressed the need to open safe passages for civilians, and to implement a truce between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces, which will last for 10 days.
She emphasized that the majority of deaths due to clashes were among children and women, with 53% children and 23% women of the total number of deaths, according to statistics.
She also pointed out that the conflict had a negative impact on health facilities, which led to 85% of Khartoum hospitals being out of service, noting that there is a shortage of equipment and medical personnel, and means of movement to reach those affected.
In addition, civil organizations confirmed that more than 6.3 million Sudanese in the Sudanese capital suffer from difficult humanitarian conditions, especially after the ongoing recent developments.
And it demanded the need to reach an immediate solution to stop the fighting, the warring parties to leave the cities, and the establishment of buffer zones within 10 kilometers.
In this regard, yesterday he violated what was supposed to be a three-day truce by allowing citizens to reach safe areas and visit their families during the Eid al-Fitr holiday. Each side accuses the other of not respecting the truce.
On the other hand, the United States believed that the security situation in Sudan would not change in the short term after the safe evacuation of American diplomats.
The Director of Special Operations at the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Douglas Sims, said that the United States does not expect the security situation to change in the near term, adding that Washington does not expect coordination for the US government’s evacuation of US citizens in Sudan now or in the coming days, according to Reuters.
Washington had temporarily suspended operations at its embassy in Khartoum after it safely evacuated all American employees and their families in light of the continuing violence in Sudan.
“We will continue to assist the Americans in Sudan in planning for their safety and informing the citizens of the region of the latest developments in the situation there,” US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said in a statement, reiterating calls for the parties to the conflict to urgently extend and broaden the Eid truce for a permanent cessation of hostilities.
In addition, the evacuations of foreign diplomatic missions from Sudan continued, amid the continuation of bloody fighting between the Rapid Support Forces and the regular army for the second week in a row.
France began a “rapid evacuation operation” for its citizens and diplomatic staff from Sudan, and the French Foreign Ministry pointed out that the operation will also include European citizens. The announcement of the French initiative comes after the US President announced that the US forces carried out a mission to evacuate US embassy staff from Khartoum.
Foreign diplomats had begun leaving Sudan from a port on the Red Sea, a week after fighting began across the country. Japanese television network TBS reported that UN staff, including Japanese nationals and their families, would be evacuated.
Urban fighting has left large numbers trapped in the capital. The airport has been repeatedly targeted and many residents have not been able to leave their homes or go out of the city to safer areas.
The Sudan Doctors Syndicate said that more than two-thirds of hospitals in the areas of clashes have stopped serving, adding that 32 hospitals are either under fire or forcibly evacuated by soldiers.
The United Nations and foreign countries have urged the leaders of both sides of the conflict to respect the declared cease-fires that have often been ignored, to open safe corridors to allow civilians to flee and for much-needed aid to enter.
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