The ICRC says it’s shocked and appalled by the assault, which it described as deliberate.
An assault on a humanitarian convoy of the Worldwide Committee of the Purple Cross (ICRC) within the Sudanese capital has killed two folks and injured seven, says the group.
The wounded included three ICRC workers members, the Purple Cross added in an announcement on Sunday.
“The humanitarian convoy, consisting of three ICRC vehicles and three buses, all clearly marked with the Red Cross emblem, was due to evacuate over a hundred vulnerable civilians from Khartoum to Wad Madani when it came under attack upon entering the evacuation area,” the assertion learn.
The ICRC mentioned it was shocked and appalled by the assault, which it described as deliberate.
It didn’t level the finger at any get together. Nonetheless, Sudan’s military mentioned the convoy had come underneath hearth after violating an settlement by approaching its defensive positions, utilizing a automotive “belonging to the rebels” – a reference to the paramilitary Speedy Help Forces (RSF).
The ICRC convoy was evacuating civilians, together with overseas nationals, from St Mary’s Church in Khartoum, in line with the military.
“The humanitarian operation had been requested by and coordinated with the parties to the conflict, who gave their agreement and provided the necessary security guarantees,” the ICRC mentioned.
In a separate assertion, the RSF accused the military of attacking the convoy. It mentioned the incident had resulted in deaths in addition to accidents.
Since April, the military and the RSF have been locked in a battle that has devastated Khartoum and led to waves of ethnic killings in Darfur, regardless of a number of diplomatic efforts to halt the preventing.
Generals comply with ‘one-to-one’ assembly
Sudan slipped into chaos after hovering tensions between military chief Normal Abdel Fattah Burhan and RSF commander Normal Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo exploded into open preventing in mid-April.
The conflict broke out as a consequence of disagreements over plans for a political transition and the combination of the RSF into the military, 4 years after former ruler Omar al-Bashir was deposed in an rebellion.
Greater than 12,000 folks have been killed, in line with a conservative estimate by the Armed Battle and Occasion Information Challenge, whereas the United Nations says almost 6.8 million have been pressured to flee their houses.
In a gathering of the leaders of the Inter-Governmental Authority on Growth (IGAD), a grouping of East African international locations, Burhan and Dagalo agreed to “an unconditional ceasefire and resolution of the conflict through political dialogue” and to carry “a one-to-one meeting”, the bloc mentioned in an announcement on Sunday.
Burhan, who chairs Sudan’s ruling Sovereign Council, attended the Saturday assembly in Djibouti, which holds the rotating IGAD presidency. Dagalo, whose whereabouts are unknown, spoke over the phone with IGAD leaders.
The assertion gave no additional particulars, together with when and the place the 2 generals would meet.
In a put up on X on Sunday, Alexis Mohamed, an adviser to Djibouti’s president, mentioned the Sudanese generals “accepted the principle of meeting within 15 days in order to pave the way for a series of confidence-building measures”, which might ultimately result in political talks to finish the battle in Sudan.
There was no instant remark from both the Sudanese army or the RSF.
IGAD is a part of mediation efforts to finish the battle, together with Saudi Arabia and america, which facilitated rounds of oblique talks between the opponents as not too long ago as early in November.
