An aerial view of black smoke billowing over Khartoum International Airport.
Brutal clashes between the Sudanese army and a paramilitary group, including tank battles in densely populated Khartoum and fighter jet airstrikes, have left the country in a terrible state, resulting in deaths, serious unrest and damage to public spaces in densely populated locations.
A recent video, shot in the north of the Sudanese capital, shows the damage caused by the fighting between the Sudanese army and a paramilitary group known as the Rapid Support Forces.
The video was shared by a Twitter user named Hassana Al-Ghanzi with a caption in Arabic that, translated into English, reads “Bahri”.
Watch the video here:
بحري 🥲 pic.twitter.com/jkqh3jlme9
— حسنه الگنزي (@AllanziHusna) April 24, 2023
Khartoum North, or Khartoum Bahri, is a city in Khartoum State, north of Khartoum City, the capital of Sudan.
Fighting erupted on April 15 between the army and paramilitary group RSF in Sudan’s Khartoum, killing as many as 427 people, flattening hospitals and other services and turning residential areas into war zones. Millions of people are trapped in their homes in the capital, Khartoum, and are short of food and water.
More than 3,700 people were injured in these clashes, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Meanwhile, a US-brokered ceasefire in Sudan appears to be partially holding, but there is no sign of the warring factions willing to negotiate seriously, the UN special envoy to Sudan said on Tuesday.
This suggested “both think securing a military victory over the other is possible,” envoy Volker Perthes told the UN Security Council. “This is a miscalculation.”
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres described the violence and chaos in Sudan as “heartbreaking”. The power struggle jeopardizes Sudan’s future and could cause years of suffering and delay development for decades, Guterres said.
The United Nations has transferred hundreds of personnel and family members from Khartoum to Port Sudan.
The United Nations plans to establish a hub in Port Sudan to continue working in the country, where, even before the violence broke out, nearly 16 million people – a third of the population – were in need of humanitarian assistance.
(With input from Reuters)
