Mariam Al-Sadiq Al-Mahdi said, in an interview with “Sky News Arabia”:
The army has the constitutional right to protect the country. I don’t know who started the war first. There is a third party in the war, especially groups from the old regime who never accepted the opinion of the Sudanese people. We warned of the presence of more than one military entity in Sudan, and we demanded the unification of the army. The priority right now is to stop war and indiscriminate killing before dialogue. There have been personal differences between Al-Burhan and Daglo over the last period. There could be a third of the old regime that started the war. We demand international action led by the African Union to resolve the Sudanese crisis. The Sudanese crisis cannot be resolved without an effective role of the civil forces and of the international community itself, which recognize it. We fear that the war, the destruction and the unacceptable suffering of the Sudanese people will continue. The diplomatic pressure must be strong, these are manifest war crimes, the fighting is taking place in the most populated part of the capital. This war must end and I call on international leaders to protect Sudanese citizens. The question of the integration of the Rapid Support Forces into the Sudanese army is unanimous. There is now a difference on the technical basis of this fusion and on the way to proceed.
Constant fight
It should be noted that the fighting between the army and the Rapid Support Forces continues today, Saturday, despite the announcement of the extension of the ceasefire for a period of 72 hours yesterday, Friday.
Hundreds of people have been killed and tens of thousands fled for their lives after fighting erupted on April 15, stalling an internationally-backed transition to democratic elections.
According to the United Nations, at least 512 people were killed and nearly 4,200 injured. The organization believes the actual number to be much higher.
More than 75,000 people have been displaced inside Sudan in the first week of fighting, according to the United Nations. Only 16% of hospitals in the capital are functioning normally.
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