The UN Security Council met urgently on Tuesday evening April 25th around Sudan, to take stock. Although a 72-hour ceasefire agreement – under pressure from the United States and Saudi Arabia – has allowed some lull, the fighting is still raging, if not intensified, according to the envoy United Nations Special Representative in Sudan, who temporarily moved with his teams to Port Sudan.
Volker Perthes, the head of the UN mission in Sudan, addressed the council via videoconferencing from Port-Sudan and noted that the ceasefire remained fragile. While some areas have been partially respected, the conflict surrounding “places strategies” has “largely continued and sometimes intensified”.
As reported by our correspondent in New York, Carrie Nooten, the rival factions of General Abdel Fattah al-Burhane and Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, formerly known as “Hemedti”, do not seem prepared to negotiate seriously: both are convinced they can achieve a military victory, quite simply.
The UN envoy to Sudan also denounced attacks against civilians, hospitals, medical convoys – and numerous violations of the laws of war. The humanitarian situation, already very fragile in Sudan with a third of the population dependent on aid, is heading towards a disaster.