Tensions escalate in Sudan 🇸🇩

Escalation in Sudan: clashes kill three U. N. officials, Arab League and U. N. call meetings on the situation in the country-the main one for today

Five more people have been killed in clashes between the Sudan Rapid Reaction Force and the Sudanese army, and the number of wounded is rising. According to the Sudanese Red Crescent, medical facilities in several areas are already overwhelmed, and the local health ministry is asking both sides not to attack the doctors so they can provide assistance. Sudanese special forces, following the Army, agreed to open humanitarian corridors, Al Jazeera reported.

In addition, the death of three employees of the UN World Food Programme has been announced, the UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Sudan said. The UN's World Food Programme announced the suspension of work in Sudan, and the organisation said it would hold closed consultations on the situation in the country on Monday.

In the afternoon, information emerged that the army had occupied seven Special Forces bases in Port Sudan, while the airport in the state capital Hartung is controlled by the SBR, as well as many other facilities. In total, according to Apostille, 90% of Khartoum's territory is under the control of the SBR. In the capital and Omdurman, there are battles for the headquarters of the Armed Forces, the International Airport and the center of state television.

Egypt may intervene in the conflict by siding with the Sudanese army, as several dozen Egyptian soldiers have now been captured by the rapid reaction forces. The situation in the country continues to escalate, the parties so far do not show readiness for negotiations and cessation of hostilities.