Yesterday, Tuesday, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken discussed with Sudanese Army Commander Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan ways to end the war in Sudan, according to what the US State Department reported.
State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said in a statement: The two sides “discussed the urgent need to urgently end the conflict in Sudan, and enable unhindered access of humanitarian aid, including across borders and across battle lines, to alleviate the suffering of the Sudanese people.”
Miller added that Blinken also discussed in the phone conversation, which lasted approximately 30 minutes, “the resumption of negotiations in the Jeddah platform, the need to protect civilians, and a reduction in hostilities.” In El Fasher In North Darfur State.
Peace talks
In mid-April, the United States announced that Saudi Arabia would host it in Jeddah Peace talks regarding the war in Sudan during the next three weeks, but no date has been set yet.
Doctors Without Borders reported in a statement on Sunday that the death toll had risen in El Fasher, the capital of Darfur state. To 134 people Since the start of fighting in the city between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces more than two weeks ago.
El Fasher is a major aid center in the Western Region, where a quarter of the country’s 48 million people live, and it is the only capital among the region’s state capitals that is not controlled by the Rapid Support Forces.
Sudan war
The fighting broke out in Sudan on April 15 last year between… The army is led by Abdel Fattah Al-BurhanAnd the Rapid Support Forces led by Muhammad Hamdan Dagalo.
The war resulted in the deaths of tens of thousands of people, including up to 15,000 in one city in the Darfur region in the west of the country, according to the United Nations.
The fighting forced about nine million people to flee. By the end of April, more than half a million new people were displaced to North Darfur state alone, according to United Nations data.
The war also caused the closure of more than 70% of the medical facilities in the country, and put the remaining facilities under great pressure. 1.7 million Sudanese in Darfur face the threat of famine.