Sudan is currently going through the biggest humanitarian crisis globally. The civil war between the army and paramilitary here has passed exactly two years and the violence has intensified. NGOs and United Nations have said that citizens of this African country are paying the price of the silence of the international community.
Britain is hosting ministers of 20 countries in London on Tuesday in an attempt to resume Sudan’s stagnant peace talks. Although diplomatic efforts for Sudan’s peace in the last two years did not get as much preference, the international community has been eyeing many other crises including war in Ukraine and Gaza.
1.3 crore people had to leave home
The United Nations said on Monday that 13 million people have been displaced in a two -year civil war in Sudan. “The conflict has forced 13 million people to displace, which includes 8.6 interviewed people and 3.8 million refugees,” said Abdorahof Ganon-Kode of the United Nations Refugee Agency, Abdorahof Ganon-Kande said in an interview with news agency AFP.
On April 15, 2023, the war for power started between the army and paramilitary forces here and thousands of people have died in it. The war pushed some parts of Sudan into a famine and divided the country into areas which are occupied by different sales.
Exactly when this civil war is entering its third year, violence is also at its peak. The attack of the Paramilitary Force began on Thursday and continued till Sunday morning, in which the surrounding displacement camps including Al-Fashar and Jamjam and Abu hobbies were targeted. Both are areas affected by famine.
The United Nations, citing “reliable sources”, said that more than 400 people have been killed in this time violence. Until Sunday, the paramilitary force claimed control of Jamjam. The United Nations International Migration Organization said that since then, around 400,000 people have been displaced from the camp.
Doctors without Borders said that about 10,000 people ran towards Tavila, about 70 km west of Al-Fashar within 48 hours to avoid shelling. International Medical Charity said, citizens, most women and children, “reached the peak of dehydration and exhaustion and were reporting terrible violence”.
Is UAE sending weapons to Sudan?
The United Arab Emirates has been accused of secretly supplying weapons to Sudan’s paramilitary through the path of neighboring country Chad. He has continuously denied this charge. But according to The Guardian, the United Nations intelligence report has raised new questions on the role of UAE in Sudan’s civil war. According to this report, many such flights have been detected from UAE, which deliberately tried to avoid themselves from being identified.
This report is of 14 pages and was completed in last November. It was sent to the Sudan Restriction Committee of the United Nations Security Council. It is written by a panel of five experts from the United Nations. He identified a frequent pattern of Ilushin IL-76 TD cargo flights from UAE in Chad, from where he identified at least three underground routes to be potentially used to carry arms to the neighboring Sudan.
Sudan’s government is currently in the hands of the Army and has accused the UAE of being “involved in the massacre” during the current civil war and has filed a case in the International Court of Justice .. Sudan Sarkar (Army) alleges that UAE is giving weapons to paramilitary (RSF) with the aim of eliminating the non-arb masalit population of West Darfur. On this charge, UAE has said that this case is only a eccentric propaganda stunt and it should be canceled immediately.
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