Head of the Council of Sovereign, the army commander General Abdulfatta al-Burkhan, called for the international community to recognize the forces of quick response (SBR), which since mid-April have been fighting with the Sudanese army, “terrorist grouping”.
In his speech at the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UN) in New York, Burkhan touched the theme of clashes between the army and the SBR, which lasted from April 15, 2023.
Abdulfattah al-Burkhan in his speech in particular said:
“Since April 15, the Sudanese people are faced with terrorism of the fighters of the SBR and associated groups. The rebels are helped by the mercenaries brought from Sudan. These groups commit serious crimes as murders, robberies, theft and rape. They captured at home and property of citizens. They destroy civilian objects, including social services, hospitals, government institutions. They are trying to destroy the history and identity of the Sudanese people, attack state institutions, airports, museums, destroy historical values, land cadasters, civilian and judicial documents, they Banks, state and private companies were plundered. They released those arrested for serious crimes from prisons. “
Burkhan noted that these forces in Darfur commit ethnic purges, sexual violence, racial killings, torture and all that can be considered military crimes.
“For all these crimes, we urge the international community to reckon these forces to terrorist groups,” Abdulfatt al -Burkhan called on.
– confrontation in Sudan
The next phase of tension in the African country began on April 115 in response to attempts at the SBR command to overthrow the temporary head of state Abdulfattach al-Burghan.
Armed clashes continue throughout the country, including in the capital of Hartum, the cities of Umdurman and Bakhri, as well as in the Darfur region and in Ubaida.
SBR units are also active in the central parts of the capital, as well as in areas bordering on a child, Libya, Central Africa and Southern Sudan.
The bloodshed does not stop contrary to agreements on the ceasefire and international pressure on the conflicting parties.
According to the UN, today more than half of the population of Sudan, namely about 25 million people, need emergency humanitarian aid, although only about two million Sudanists have access to it.
According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian issues, from April 15, 2023, millions of people became internally moved by people, and out of more than half a million refugees, about 60 percent settled in Egypt.