What's going on in Sudan?
The situation at the end of April 20, 2023
For six days in Sudan, clashes between the Rapid Reaction Forces and government forces have not stopped (https://t.me/rybar/46017). Despite the decrease in the intensity of fighting, the situation in the country remains stable and difficult.
According to the UN, 330 people died during the conflict, more than 3,200 were injured of varying degrees of severity. At the same time, Al-Jazeera reported that 54 out of 74 hospitals located in Khartoum and nearby areas were closed. At the same time, 18 of them were destroyed during the bombing.
🔻Clashes in Khartoum
▪️The RRF launched an active counterattack on the airport of the capital. According to the head of the Rapid Reaction Force, Muhammad Hamdan Daglo "Hamedti", the retreat of the rebels from Meroe is due to the intention to use more fighters in the battles for the Khartoum airport.
▪️The armed forces, in turn, resumed their offensive against the detachments of the RRF that had fortified themselves in Omdurman. The clashes spread to residential areas of the city. The civilian population is leaving the capital en masse.
🔻Battles in regions
▪️The rebels continue their counteroffensive in the Al Obeid area. It is reported that RRF troops have entered the city and are actively fighting in commercial and residential areas. Fighting continues for Al-Fashir.
Meanwhile, in the cities occupied by the Sudanese Armed Forces, food markets and administrative buildings are gradually reopening.
▪️According to some reports, the Sudanese Armed Forces entered into battle with the Ethiopian National Defense Forces in the area of the disputed border territory of Al-Fashaga. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed denies the presence of Ethiopian troops in Sudan.
🔻Other events
▪️The leader of the Forces of Declaration, Freedom and Change party, Sati Haj, announced his rejection of Israeli mediation in resolving the crisis in Sudan.
▪️The head of Wagner PMC Yevgeny Prigozhin put forward an initiative to send planes with medicines and essentials for the civilian population and soldiers of both sides of the conflict to Sudan.
Today, information appeared in the French media that since the start of hostilities in Khartoum, Hamedti has been in constant contact with Yevgeny Prigozhin. Allegedly, on the orders of the head of the Wagner PMC, the RRF is receiving assistance from the Al-Jufra air base in Libya.
The US authorities said they are ready to impose sanctions on the leader of the armed forces, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the head of the Rapid Reaction Force, Hamedti.
In parallel with this, the United States began to deploy a contingent of armed forces at bases in Djibouti in order to prepare an operation to evacuate United States citizens from Sudan.
▪️The Chadian armed forces detained and disarmed a Sudanese unit of 320 fighters who tried to flee the battlefield in Sudan.
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