In detail, Sudanese media sources reported that the vicinity of the presidential palace north of Khartoum came under airstrikes this morning, Wednesday.
This happened despite South Sudan’s announcement to extend the armistice between the conflicting parties for another 7 days, while the army and the Rapid Support Forces exchanged accusations of breaching the armistice declared.
The Sudanese Ministry of Health has announced that the number of combat casualties since the start of the conflict has risen to 550 dead and 4,926 wounded.
Quick support denies truce
In an interview with Sky News Arabia, the political adviser to the commander of the Rapid Support Forces, Youssef Ezzat, denied that the Rapid Support Forces had received a proposal from South Sudan to extend the armistice, and Ezzat called for international monitoring of the ceasefire. in Sudan.
The political adviser to the Commander of the Rapid Support Forces told Sky News Arabia:
We have not received any proposal from South Sudan to extend the armistice. The Sudanese army has not respected any previous truce. The army has no infantry forces in Khartoum. The aerial bombardments of the army cause civilian victims.
Truce in South Sudan
And South Sudan’s foreign ministry had confirmed in a statement that Sudanese army commander Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan and Rapid Support Forces commander Muhammad Hamdan Dagalo had agreed on the principle of a seven-day truce. , from May 4, and the appointment of representatives for the peace talks.
The statement said South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir stressed the importance of a longer-term ceasefire.
Sudan Islamic Cooperation
On the other hand, the Secretary-General underlined, during the emergency meeting of the “Islamic Cooperation”, the possibility of sending a high-ranking delegation of the organization to Sudan, in coordination with the President of the Islamic Summit .
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation, at the invitation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Chairman of the Islamic Summit and Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Organization, held today, Wednesday, at the headquarters of the General Secretariat in Jeddah, a emergency opening- Executive Committee meeting ended, to discuss the situation in Sudan.
In his address to the meeting, OIC Secretary General Hussein Ibrahim Taha said that the OIC will act on the recommendations of member states, including the possibility of sending a high-level delegation to Sudan at the appropriate time. and in coordination with the Chairman of the Islamic Summit and the Chairman of the Executive Committee.
The Secretary-General regretted that the clashes took place in Sudan at a time when everyone was waiting for the talks of the Sudanese parties to lead to an agreement on a new date for the signing of a final agreement and the formation of a group civilian transitional government.
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