Some 6,000 people, most of them women, fled Sudan for the Central African Republic after two weeks of fighting between the army and paramilitaries.
Some 6,000 people, most of them women, fled Sudan to the Central African Republic after two weeks of clashes between the army and paramilitaries, the UN updated the AFP news agency today.
The Central African Republic, one of the poorest countries in the world and in a civil war for several years, shares a border with Sudan in the province of Vakaga.
On Thursday, the UN announced that around 3,000 people had entered the Central African Republic and were living in camps near the border town of Am-Dafock.
With the fighting, trade between Sudan and the Central African Republic was disrupted, driving up the price of essential goods.
Sudan today entered the 16th consecutive day of war between the army and the Rapid Support Force paramilitary group.
The conflict has already caused around 530 deaths and almost 4,600 injuries and has led to the flight of thousands of Sudanese to safer areas of the country or to neighboring nations and the withdrawal of foreign citizens, including 20 Portuguese.
The violent confrontations continued today in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, while the Army and the paramilitaries announced the extension for another three days of a ceasefire that was little respected, but which allowed the withdrawal of the foreigners and the continuation of the negotiations.
The conflict follows weeks of tension over the reform of the security forces in negotiations to form a new transitional government.
Both the Army and the Rapid Support Force were behind the coup that overthrew Sudan’s transitional government in October 2021.
Source: Observadora
