Clashes between Sudan’s Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) continued on Monday around Jebel Aulia in southern Khartoum.
Eyewitnesses reported violent clashes near the army’s air base and the adjacent residential neighborhoods.
Jebel Aulia Emergency Room said on Facebook that the violent clashes between the army and the RSF on Sunday killed many victims and caused great destruction. It urged citizens to stay indoors and close doors and windows carefully.
On Sunday, army spokesman Nabil Abdullah said in a report that the Rapid Support Forces attempted to attack army forces in Jebel Aulia and were utterly defeated.
Abdullah denied reports that the RSF took control over the air base or even approached its vicinity, stressing that the army forces confronted the enemy, and they retreated, suffering heavy losses.
The RSF announced that they had taken control of the al-Nujoumi Air Base after clashes lasting long hours on Sunday.
The paramilitary showed videos of some of its soldiers inside the base, near helicopters and several tanks.
Clashes also renewed between the two sides in el-Obeid, the capital of North Kordofan in the center-west of the country.
Local sources said that the Rapid Support Forces fired heavy artillery shells at the western neighborhoods, and the army responded with similar bombardment.
The sources indicated that shrapnel of fiery projectiles caused injuries among civilians.
For its part, the RSF, led by Lt-Gen Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, accused the army intelligence of planning to kill civil leaders in the Ardamata area in West Darfur, saying it carried out forced displacement.
Meanwhile, the United Nations Mission in Sudan recently revealed that it had received reliable resources saying the RSF and affiliated tribal militias committed ethnic violence and crimes.
It indicated that human rights officers are investigating the veracity of these reports.
In its latest report, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported that Sudan is facing one of the worst humanitarian crises in recent history, with civilian displacement continuing within the country and into neighboring countries.
The report stated that more than six million people have been displaced within and outside Sudan since mid-April 2023.
According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), about 4.9 million people have been displaced inside Sudan and have taken refuge in thousands of locations throughout the country’s 18 states, of whom 33,000 people were newly displaced over the past week.
The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan, Clementine Nkweta-Salami, welcomed the agreement between the two warring sides on the Statement of Commitments adopted in Jeddah, under the sponsorship of Saudi Arabia, the US, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), and the African Union (AU).
