Rapid Support Forces vow to continue fighting Sudan’s army
Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have warned that their war with the army is not over despite its withdrawal from Khartoum.
According to AfricaNews on March 31st, the paramilitary group’s commander, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, described the withdrawal as a tactical repositioning.
The RSF leader, said the group will return to Khartoum “stronger, more powerful, and victorious”.
These were the RSFs first comments since the group was pushed out of Khartoum by the Sudanese Armed Forces.
As well as this, the army has made other key gains recently, retaking control of Omduraman, which houses two military bases.
On March 29th Sudanese army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan ruled out the possibility of any reconciliation with the RSF, promising to crush it.
In March, Sudan’s army recaptured the presidential palace in Khartoum, which marked the key gain of an important civic and cultural building.
The two-year-long war began over tensions surrounding the country’s planned political transition.
Fighting has devastated most of the capital, uprooting over 12 million civilians from their homes.
Tens of thousands have died and around half the population of 50 million are now suffering due to famine. Despite this, funding gaps caused by the suspension of USAID mean only 324 of the 1,460 community kitchens in Sudan are currently operational.
The United Nations has described the situation in Sudan as one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.
AfricaNews, Maghrebi, Al Jazeera
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