The United Nations announced on Friday that the fighting between the Sudanese army and the “Rapid Support Forces” has left 13,900 dead since the outbreak of fighting between the army and the “Rapid Support Forces” on April 15th. This was stated in a statement by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), which mentioned that “since the outbreak of fighting, approximately 13,900 deaths have been recorded across Sudan,” according to the Anadolu Agency.
The Sudanese Ministry of Health, in a statement, said that about 27,700 people were injured during the period between April 15, 2023, and January 26, 2024.
The United Nations statement mentioned that the number of displaced people due to the conflict between the Sudanese army and the “Rapid Support Forces” is continuously increasing. About 8.1 million people have fled their homes in Sudan, including about 6.3 million within Sudan and 1.8 million who have fled to other countries, according to the UN office’s statement.
The office noted that the number of internally displaced people increased by 53,500 last week.
On January 21, the United Nations said that more than 13,000 people had been killed in the ongoing war between the army and the “Rapid Support Forces” since mid-April.
The war between the two Sudanese sides continues, with Saudi and American efforts, as well as other African efforts led by the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), failing to end the conflict that has created difficult humanitarian conditions.
Last Monday, the United Nations World Food Programme announced that at least 25 million people are suffering from “increased levels of hunger and malnutrition” in Sudan.
The recent war in Sudan, which began on April 15, 2023, is a civil conflict between two factions of the military government: the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) led by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) under the command of Hemedti. The conflict is concentrated mainly in Khartoum, the capital, and the Darfur region. As of January 21, 2024, the war has resulted in 13,000 to 15,000 deaths, 33,000 injuries, over 5.8 million internally displaced persons, and more than 1.5 million refugees. The RSF initiated the conflict with attacks on government sites, leading to widespread violence across Sudan, with Khartoum and Omdurman becoming battlegrounds. Despite international efforts to broker peace, including the Treaty of Jeddah, the fighting has continued without significant resolutions .
The conflict’s roots lie in long-standing tensions between SAF’s Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and RSF’s Hemedti, exacerbated by disagreements over the integration and reform of the RSF into the SAF. Both factions had been preparing for confrontation, indicating a breakdown in the political process and a shift towards military resolution. The conflict represents a struggle for control over state power and institutions, with significant implications for Sudan’s stability and the broader Horn of Africa region
