Sudanese heavy violence picks back up following three-day ceasefire

Armed forces and paramilitary organizations have both accused the other of breaking the deal.

After the most recent 72-hour truce arranged by the US and Saudi Arabia expired, fierce fighting between Sudan’s opposing military factions has continued in numerous areas of Khartoum.

Numerous claims of violations of the cease-fire, which went into effect on Monday and coincided with an international donors’ conference in Geneva, were made, with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Army trading accusations of responsibility. On Tuesday, both sides charged one other with starting a significant fire at the intelligence headquarters in the city’s center.

Local reporter Abdallah Hussain told RT that the humanitarian crisis in the country has gotten worse and that there is still no sign of the warring parties putting down their weapons. A local claimed that RSF soldiers attacked him and others with swords, cutting off his hand in the process.

Since the fighting began in mid-April, more than 2,000 people have died, according to the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project, prompting UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to claim that the country is falling into death and destruction at a “unprecedented” rate.