On the other hand, a statement issued by the Rapid Support Forces accused the army of targeting “citizens” and a number of vital sites south of Khartoum, such as factories, businesses and civilian institutions.
The forces spoke of deaths, building collapses and damage to major facilities being counted, saying they “condemn what happened”.
The Rapid Support Forces said: “Yesterday (Thursday), we signed the Jeddah Declaration, taking into account the difficult humanitarian conditions that citizens are going through, despite our full knowledge of the previous experiences that extremists (as described by the ‘army) have no covenant and will not pay attention to the suffering of our people for food, medicine and travel.” .
The Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces had signed a preliminary agreement in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
According to the sources, the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces have announced their commitment to carry out humanitarian work and meet the needs of civilians.
The declaration included the army and the Rapid Support Forces affirming their commitment to ensure the protection of civilians and to ensure their safe passage from areas of hostilities.
However, aerial and artillery bombardments continued in the Sudanese capital on Friday after the two sides failed to agree on a ceasefire.
A so-called declaration of principles was signed in Saudi Arabia on Thursday night, after nearly a week of talks between the two sides, which shared power before falling out over a transition to civilian rule.
Musa Khaddam, adviser to the commander of the Rapid Support Forces, told Sky News Arabia the group would abide by agreed principles aimed at achieving a full ceasefire.
But the violence did not subside and the army did not comment on the agreement.
Since the sudden outbreak of clashes on April 15, neither side has been willing to make concessions to end the fighting that has claimed hundreds of lives.
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