The last batch of the Lebanese nationals evacuated from Sudan via Saudi Arabia arrived in Beirut early Wednesday, knowing that 15 Lebanese nationals are still stuck in the African country amid efforts to evacuate them.
Member of the fore affairs committee in the Lebanese parliament, Ebrahim Al-Moussawi, followed up the issue of the Lebanese families stuck on the Sudanese-Egyptian borders. According to Al-Manar sources, a number of those families crossed into the Egyptian territories.
Although the truce entered its second day on Wednesday, the clashes between the Army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) were renewed with an increasing death toll.
The Doctors Syndicate in Sudan announced that 295 civilians have been killed and around 1800 of others have been injured since the start of the clashes.
The following video produced by France 24 displays the dire situation suffered by the Sudanese civilians as shells are mainly hitting their facilities and damaging the private as well as public properties.
The Rapid Support Forces command issued a statement, highlighting response to the attacks of the Sudanese army troops.
Rapid Support Forces
Important Statement
26/04/2023
In the face of continuous and deliberate breaches of the declared humanitarian truce, the coup forces, consisting of remnants and ex-regime members, persist in attacking various Rapid Support Forces controlled posts, including… pic.twitter.com/9A51DR1ZoA— Rapid Support Forces – قوات الدعم السريع (@RSFSudan) April 26, 2023
“The pause was not fully upheld, with attacks on headquarters, attempts to gain ground, air strikes, and explosions in different areas of the capital,” UN Special Representative Volker Perthes told the Security Council Tuesday.
Perthes said he maintained contact with both generals: army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his deputy-turned-rival, Mohammad Hamdan Dagalo, who commands the heavily armed paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
“There is yet no unequivocal sign that either is ready to seriously negotiate,” Perthes said.
Security fears were compounded when the World Health Organization (WHO) warned Tuesday of a “huge biological risk” after fighters occupied a Khartoum laboratory holding samples of cholera, measles, polio and other infectious diseases.
The fighting has killed hundreds of people and left some neighborhoods of greater Khartoum in ruins, prompting thousands of foreigners and Sudanese to flee.
Source: Al-Manar English Website
