Military sources: Sudanese army retakes “Jalqni” in Sennar State | News
Military sources said that the Sudanese army, accompanied by the “Popular Resistance Brigades”, regained control of the town of “Jalqni” in Sennar State, southeast of the country, after battles with the Rapid Support Forces, while 20 civilians were killed in a bombing that targeted a camp for displaced persons in Al-Fasher.
Human rights organizations accused the Rapid Support Forces of committing a massacre in Jalqani, in which a number of civilians were killed.
Meanwhile, military sources said that Sudanese army warplanes bombed the town of Jebel Moya, in Sennar State, which has been under the control of the Rapid Support Forces for more than two months.
On the other hand, 20 people were killed in an artillery bombardment by the Rapid Support Forces that targeted a camp for displaced persons in El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur State in western Sudan, according to local committees.
The Coordination of the Resistance Committees of El Fasher reported, in a brief statement on Facebook on Monday evening, that damage occurred in the middle of the Abu Shouk camp for the displaced, in addition to more than 20 dead and 32 injured, due to deliberate shelling by the Rapid Support Forces on the camp’s market and square.
El Fasher is the only capital of the five Darfur states that has not been controlled by the RSF, and has remained relatively untouched by the fighting for a long time.
The city, which hosts many refugees, has been a humanitarian hub for the vast famine-threatened region, but heavy fighting erupted on May 10, raising fears of a “worrying” new shift in the conflict, according to the United Nations.
In June, the UN Security Council called on the Rapid Support Forces to end the siege of El Fasher.
The US Special Envoy to Sudan, Tom Perriello, warned on Friday of escalating violence between the two warring parties, following peace talks hosted by Switzerland under Washington's auspices.
Perriello noted that last week's violence “resulted in the deaths of more than 100 civilians” in several cities, including El Fasher.
Since April 2023, Sudan has been witnessing a raging war between the army led by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the Rapid Support Forces led by his former deputy, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (Hemeti).