Air Strikes Resume In Sudan With No Major Progress In Truce Talks

As the two warring factions in Sudan began, United States – Saudi Arabia brokered truce talks in the Saudi Red Sea City of Jeddah over the weekend, the Sudanese capital ,on Monday (May 8) continued to witness air strikes.

However there has been no official word on the talks that began on Saturday between the Sudanese army and the rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. This comes as both sides have broken several ceasefires since the conflict commenced last month.

Meanwhile the army chief Abdel Fattah Al Burhan on Monday said that the army was looking for a peaceful solution but there could be discussions about a lasting settlement as this will only be possible “after we reach a permanent ceasefire in Khartoum .”

However a Saudi diplomat source speaking on a condition of anonymity told AFP that both sides considered themselves capable of winning the battle.

As of Monday the source told reporters that the discussions had yielded no major progress adding that a permanent ceasefire isn’t yet on the table.

On Monday air strikes stormed Khartoum again

Meanwhile Saudi Arabia’s foreign ministry said they were pushing to expand negotiations and reach a permanent cessation of hostilities.

“ In the following days “ aim to reach an effective short term halt to hostilities while also facilitating aid delivery and restoring basic services.

As of Monday Sounds of air strikes and clashes echoed a new wave across the capital Khartoum.

According to the armed conflict location and event data project so far over 750 people have been killed while more than 5000 have been injured across Sudan amid the ongoing fighting.

In addition the United Nations said almost 200 people have been killed in West Darfur over the past two weeks and there was also an incident of large scale looting at the World Food Programme in Khartoum over the weekend said the UN spokesperson.

A 35 year old government employee in Bahri Tammer Ibrahim told AFP that if the negotiations fail to stop the war this would mean that we won’t be able to return to our homes and our lives as they were awaiting on these negotiations because they were our only hope.