The Sudanese are still living sheltered in the sweltering heat for fear of stray bullets, and they are currently deprived of telephone communications to a large extent, as MTN, the telephone operator, announced the suspension of its services because it is no longer able to supply fuel to its generators.
Civilians continue to flee Sudan as warring sides begin talks aimed at bolstering a shaky ceasefire between the Rapid Support Forces and the army.
Hundreds waited at the Ashkit border crossing with Egypt on Saturday, hoping to cross to safer areas far from confrontations Which resulted in about 700 dead and five thousand wounded, according to the data of the Armed Conflict and Events website (ACLED).
This is in addition to the displacement of 335,000 people, with 115,000 seeking refuge in neighboring countries, including Egypt, Chad, South Sudan, the Central African Republic and Ethiopia.
It also forced a large number of citizens to stay in their homes, as they suffer from water and electricity cuts, and food and money shortages.
Fighting continues in the Sudanese capital, in anticipation of the outcome of a Saudi-American initiative agreed upon by the two conflicting parties (the army led by Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the Rapid Support Forces led by Lieutenant General Muhammad Hamdan Dagalo) in the country regarding a new truce.
The talks, which are being held between representatives of the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces, in the coastal city of Jeddah in Saudi Arabia on the Red Sea, are the first between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, since the outbreak of fighting on April 15.
These talks come after a series of Arab and African regional initiatives, especially by the eastern countries of the continent through IGAD, which did not bear fruit.
The Sudanese are still living sheltered in the sweltering heat for fear of stray bullets, and they are currently deprived of telephone communications to a large extent, as MTN, the telephone operator, announced the suspension of its services because it is no longer able to supply fuel to its generators.
