“has nothing to do with the course of the conflict” which has been going on for two months between the two parties.
Early was one of the leaders of the rebel movements that signed the Juba Peace Accord with the government in 2020, seeking to end a conflict in the region that has spanned nearly two decades.
So far, the Rapid Support Forces have not commented on this accusation.
His death came hours after statements in which he accused the Rapid Support Forces of having “destroyed” the town of El Geneina and of firing shells “at the heads of citizens” in El Geneina, where he was present.
He added: “Citizens are being killed today very randomly and in large numbers. Today we have a large number of wounded who cannot find treatment. We don’t have a hospital (…). institution that provides services to citizens”.
Abkar called his tenure “stricken”, adding, “Today El Geneina is completely anarchic…all that, everything has been destroyed.”
He continued: “It is a people who have been killed in cold blood in very large numbers, in the thousands… Therefore, we need a decisive intervention by the international community to protect the remaining lives. in this region.”
The head of the United Nations Mission in Sudan, Volker Peretz, warned on Tuesday that the acts of violence taking place in the Darfur region could constitute “crimes against humanity”.
“As the situation in Darfur continues to deteriorate, I am particularly concerned about the situation in El Geneina following the various waves of violence since late April that have taken on ethnic dimensions,” Peretz said.
For its part, the National Umma Party, the largest political party in Sudan, described the violence in El Geneina as “a human crime in its own right which has undoubtedly made it a disaster area, which requires a official statement of this fact so that international organizations can play their part regarding the situation there.”
Since April 15, fierce fighting has pitted Abdel Fattah al-Burhan’s army against Muhammad Hamdan Dagalo’s Rapid Support Forces, concentrated in Khartoum and the Darfur region, which has suffered for two decades from bloody conflicts under the era of former President Omar al-Bashir.
The fighting has killed more than 1,800 people, according to the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED), but the actual number of casualties could be much higher, aid agencies and international organizations say.
According to United Nations figures, the conflict has caused the displacement of around two million people, including more than 900,000 who fled the capital due to violence and more than 475,000 who sought refuge in neighboring countries.
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