By Khalid Abdelaziz and Nafisa Eltahir
KHARTOUM (Reuters) -U.N.
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed to Sudan’s warring factions
to observe a ceasefire over the Muslim Eid al-Fitr holiday to allow
civilians to reach safe areas as rival forces battled for a sixth day on
Thursday.
Thousands of civilians streamed out of the capital Khartoum to a background of gunfire and explosions. Large numbers also crossed into Chad to flee fighting in the western region of Darfur.
The United States said it was sending more troops to the region in the event that it decided to evacuate its embassy in Khartoum.
More than 330 people have been killed so far in the violent power struggle which broke out last weekend between two previously allied leaders of Sudan’s ruling military junta.
The fiercest battles between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been around Khartoum – one of Africa’s largest urban areas – and in Darfur, still scarred by a long conflict that ended three years ago.
Guterres, speaking to reporters after meeting virtually with the heads of the African Union, the Arab League and other organizations, said: “There was a strong consensus on condemning ongoing fighting in Sudan and calling for cessation of hostilities as an immediate priority”.
Civilians trapped in conflict zones should be allowed to escape and to seek medical treatment, food and other supplies, he said.
Sudanese army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan told Al Jazeera he would support a truce on condition it allowed citizens to move freely – something he said the RSF had so far prevented.
He also said he currently saw no partner for negotiations, and “no other option but the military solution”.
His rival, RSF leader General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, told Al Jazeera he was ready to implement a three-day truce over Eid, which marks the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and will start on Friday or Saturday.
Dagalo, widely known as Hemedti, has said several times he supports short ceasefires but each has quickly collapsed.
“We are talking about a humanitarian truce, we are talking about safe passages … we are not talking about sitting down with a criminal,” Dagalo said, referring to Burhan.
Burhan accused Dagalo, until last week his deputy on the council that has ruled since a coup two years ago, of “a power grab”.
An alliance between the two men had mostly held since the overthrow four years ago of long-time strongman Omar al-Bashir, whose rule saw Sudan become an international pariah that was on the U.S. terrorism list.
The latest violence was triggered by disagreement over an internationally backed plan to form a new civilian government. Both sides accuse the other of thwarting the transition.
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