Ceasefire due to end on Thursday; Sudanese army ready to extend truce but RSF has not responded to proposal
The RSF forces in Sudan have issued a statement this morning via the @RSFSudan Twitter account and on Telegram, claiming that Sudan’s army has attacked one of their bases in violation of the ceasefire. It writes:
The extremist putschist forces have attacked the camp of the RSF in the Kafouri area with aviation and artillery. Our forces confronted the aggressor forces … and inflicted heavy losses … and seized their military equipment. The attacks of the putschists and the remnants of the former regime on the camps of our forces come during the humanitarian truce that was allocated to open humanitarian corridors for citizens and residents of brotherly and friendly countries.
I understand how frustrating it must be when you are not able to get communication, or get updates of what’s happened. We’ve got to remember the mobile phone coverage in Khartoum has been inconsistent and patchy. We have been broadcasting messages. We have been sending out through social media channels. We have been sending out into organically constructed WhatsApp groups of the British national community.
We’ve been making direct calls with people of whom we have phone numbers. Often those calls do not get through because the mobile phone coverage is inconsistent.
Continue reading…Ceasefire due to end on Thursday; Sudanese army ready to extend truce but RSF has not responded to proposalThe RSF forces in Sudan have issued a statement this morning via the @RSFSudan Twitter account and on Telegram, claiming that Sudan’s army has attacked one of their bases in violation of the ceasefire. It writes:The extremist putschist forces have attacked the camp of the RSF in the Kafouri area with aviation and artillery. Our forces confronted the aggressor forces … and inflicted heavy losses … and seized their military equipment. The attacks of the putschists and the remnants of the former regime on the camps of our forces come during the humanitarian truce that was allocated to open humanitarian corridors for citizens and residents of brotherly and friendly countries.I understand how frustrating it must be when you are not able to get communication, or get updates of what’s happened. We’ve got to remember the mobile phone coverage in Khartoum has been inconsistent and patchy. We have been broadcasting messages. We have been sending out through social media channels. We have been sending out into organically constructed WhatsApp groups of the British national community.We’ve been making direct calls with people of whom we have phone numbers. Often those calls do not get through because the mobile phone coverage is inconsistent. Continue reading…