The Sudanese capital is the scene of fighting between the regular army and the paramilitaries of the Rapid Support Forces. Many residents have fled and food is running out, says a Sudanese national, confined to his home with his family.
Installed in the north of Khartoum, a Sudanese national Mohamed Noor does not leave any more, Sunday April 23, of his house, which shelters the five other members of his family. “We hear from time to time the bombardments, shootings. We are surrounded by the rapid intervention forces so it is not very safe to leave our house”he describes.
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Evacuating nationals, without endangering them, is what several countries such as France and the United States have undertaken. The operations continue while the Sudanese capital is still the scene of fighting between the regular army and the paramilitaries of the Rapid Support Forces. New flights are scheduled for Monday, April 24, to Djibouti. The Quai d’Orsay said in the morning that it had managed to evacuate 388 people in all, including French, Europeans and Africans.
The paramilitaries clash with the regular army just a little further south of Mohamed Noor’s place of residence, on the bridges that cross the Blue Nile. On social networks, some residents film the fighting.
Finally, those who are still there, because many have fled. Mohamed Noor describes “a ghost town. They all went to other towns, to Mideini, to Chendi…”. Municipalities located more than 200 kilometers north of the capital, quieter and where living conditions are also more bearable.
“There are power cuts that last two days, sometimes three. There is no drinking water in the supermarket, no flour.”
Mohamed Noor, a resident of Khartoumat franceinfo
“It is more and more difficult to find goods”, explains Mohammad Noor. He therefore draws on the reserves of the house, hoping for a quick exit from the crisis. Even if he fears that before the opening of talks, the conflict will still cause many victims. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the violence, mainly in Khartoum and Darfur (west), has already caused more than 420 deaths and 3,700 injuries since April 15.