El Fasher, Feb 2 ( Darfur 24)Hundreds of residents of the northern and eastern neighborhoods of El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, fled Thursday as confrontations between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary rapid support forces RSF renewed in Elfashir after local community leaders mediated-truce that lasted for nearly a month.
Citizens fled from the areas of clashes in the north of the city to the neighborhoods south of El Fasher, according to monitoring by a “Darfur 24” correspondent.
The “Darfur 24” correspondent confirmed that he saw hundreds of citizens fleeing from the “Ab Shouk” camp and some eastern neighborhoods, towards temporary shelter centers in the south of the city, noting that stores in the “Ab Shouk Camp, the Grand Market, and the livestock markets” were closed.
5 civilians were killed and more than 18 people were welcomed in the city of El Fasher in the north, today, Thursday, and the mountains renewed between the Sudanese army and quick support.
The fighting broke out in the vicinity of the “Dim Silk” neighborhood, northeast of El Fasher, after skirmishes between the two sides in which shells, heavy weapons, and anti-aircraft weapons were used, according to correspondence from a “Darfur 24” correspondent.
Eyewitnesses confirmed to “Darfur 24” that a shell had fallen in the Al-Fasher Al-Kabeer market, killing two people and wounding 5 others, noting that at least 10 other shells had fallen in the “Dim Silk” neighborhood, fired by the army towards the Rapid Support bases, which led to a number of casualties that did not occur. It cannot be verified yet.
A number of the injured, including children, were transferred to the health center in the Al-Qubba neighborhood, southeast of the city. They are: “Mohammed Ahmed Abdullah, Mohsenat Mohieddin Adam Bukhari (child), novelist Mohieddin Adam Bukhari (child), Muhammad Mohieddin Adam Bukhari (child), Mahdia Muhammad.” Ahmed”.
The city of El Fasher is home to the headquarters of the Sixth Division of the Sudanese Army, the only remaining army division out of 5 military divisions in the Darfur region, after the other 4 fell into the hands of the Rapid Support Forces.
Last November, the Justice and Equality Movement, led by Jibril Ibrahim, and the Sudan Liberation Movement, led by the governor of the Darfur region, Minni Arko Minawi, announced that it was abandoning the neutrality it had taken earlier regarding the ongoing war, declaring its bias towards the army in the face of the Rapid Support Forces.