WHO: In Sudan, during clashes between army and SBR, 83 people died

In Sudan, on April 15, as a result of clashes between the army and the quick response forces (SBR), 83 people were killed, 1126 suffered, the World Health Organization (WHO) said.

Fierce clashes between the army and the SBR in the capital, Hartum and a number of other cities of the East African country continued on the eve of.

In WHO, it is noted that in addition to Hartum, riots covered a number of regions of the provinces of South Cordofan and North Darfur, as well as the northern provinces. The most fierce clashes occur in the capital, added to the organization.

Because of what is happening, patients and medical workers experience difficulties with access to hospitals and a serious lack of some drugs and medical purposes, follows from the message.

WHO called on the parties to the conflict to observe impartiality in the provision of medical services and guarantee unlimited access to medical institutions for the victims during the conflict.

The organization reminded the parties to the conflict of their obligations to protect the wounded, patients, civilians, medical workers, ambulances and medical institutions as part of international humanitarian law.

In Hartum and a number of other cities of Sudan in the morning, on Saturday, April 15, armed clashes between the army and the SBR broke out. The clashes lasted all night.

Disagreements regarding the reform of military security, which provides for the complete integration of the SBR into the armed forces, resulted in a hot conflict between two power structures.