urged the two warring parties to engage seriously in the talks to move forward towards "setting a timetable for expanded negotiations to reach a permanent cessation of hostilities, the Saudi foreign ministry said.Īn army envoy had said they would only discuss details of a humanitarian truce. Hospitals in the city continue to be out of service, the group added. In West Darfour, where a flare-up of tribal violence erupted, at least 100 people were killed in the capital city of Geneina over the past two weeks, the Doctors' Syndicate said on Sunday. Residents in several parts of Bahri have been struggling to access basic needs and food commodities, with a complete water outage since the fighting began, she said.Īt least 500 people have been killed and more than 5,000 others wounded since the conflict started, according to the health minister. There were scary clashes in the morning and we woke up to find RSF forces having their bases around our residential block," Heba Mahmoud, a resident of Bahri, told ABC News. "Battles are renewing and increasing every day and every minute. The two warring generals were allied in a 2021 coup and the prior toppling of Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir and later shared power as part of transition towards civilian rule, but fell out over plans to integrate the RSF into the army. The conflict in Sudan erupted on April 15 between the army, led by General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan and the RSF, commanded by his former ally General Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, known as Hemedti, as the two factions grapple for power. It has not commented on the progress of the talks. The two sides have agreed to multiple truces since the fighting started, but none has effectively taken hold, with both parties blaming each other for violating them.Įuropean Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell and Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan discussed the developments of the negotiations in Jeddah in a phone call on Monday, the Saudi foreign ministry said separately. The preliminary talks will "continue over the following days in the hope of reaching an effective and temporary cease-fire so that humanitarian aid can be delivered to those in need," the Saudi foreign ministry said in a statement on Monday. Negotiations between the Sudanese army and the rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) group began on Saturday in Saudi Arabia's coastal city of Jeddah, on the Red Sea, as part of a U.S.-Saudi initiative aimed to bring a hiatus to the three-week conflict which killed hundreds and sparked an influx of refugees. Airstrikes hit parts of Khartoum as dark smoke rose in the sky, residents said. Witnesses reported renewed clashes in east and central Khartoum and in the adjoining cities of Bahari and Omdurman. Sounds of fighting and artillery shooting could be heard in several parts of Sudan on Monday as talks between warring sides were underway in Saudi Arabia amid hopes it will to bring a short-term ceasefire.
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