The war prompted large numbers of residents of the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, to flee in search of a safe haven, with the escalation of fighting in the city center, especially in the vicinity of the General Command of the Armed Forces and Khartoum Airport.
With the collapse of the truce, civilians trapped in their homes felt great despair, especially with the sound of new explosions, today (Wednesday).
Eyewitnesses reported that RSF fighters roamed the streets with trucks and armored vehicles, at a time when army jets fired missiles at RSF targets. Witnesses said bodies were strewn in the streets surrounding the Defense Ministry and the airport.
While foreign embassies and the United Nations are planning to evacuate their staff, Japan and a number of countries neighboring Sudan announced that they are preparing to evacuate their citizens, at a time when information was revealed that the leaders of Kenya, Djibouti and South Sudan had stopped trying to reach Sudan to mediate between the two warring parties.
And the Japanese government announced (Wednesday) that it is preparing to evacuate its citizens from Sudan, thus becoming the first foreign country to withdraw citizens from Sudan. Government spokesman Hirokazu Matsuno said about 60 Japanese are in Sudan, including embassy staff. He added that with the deteriorating security situation there, the government is doing its best to ensure the safety of Japanese expatriates.
Regional African leaders had said they would try to travel to Khartoum today to mediate an end to the fighting between the army and the Rapid Support Forces.
Khartoum woke up (Wednesday) to heavy gunfire despite the 24-hour truce, amid a humanitarian crisis, which the United Nations described as a humanitarian catastrophe, due to the imminent collapse of the health system.
The United Nations World Food Program suspended operations after three of its staff were killed in the fighting.
The Secretary-General of the Norwegian Refugee Council, Jan Egeland, one of the organizations that were providing assistance to Sudan, described the humanitarian situation as terrible and that helping people had become impossible.
He added: Before that, there were 15.8 million people in dire need of humanitarian relief. This was our best estimate of the worst situation Sudan has been through in a decade, and after the outbreak of fighting, aid efforts were nearly paralyzed.
Okaz (Khartoum, Capitals) @okaz_online