The United States announced sanctions Thursday on Sudanese leaders it blamed for the collapse of US and Saudi-brokered ceasefire efforts after shelling and air strikes killed 18 civilians at a Khartoum market.
For nearly seven weeks, Khartoum and other parts of Sudan have been gripped by bloody warfare between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, both of which Washington held responsible for breaking the ceasefire and provoking"appalling" bloodshed.
The army on Wednesday blasted RSF bases in the capital after pulling out of the truce talks in the Saudi city of Jeddah, accusing its rival of violating the ceasefire. Sudan's warring sides both rose to power and built considerable wealth under decades-long sanctions against the regime of former dictator Omar al-Bashir, with Daglo's RSF controlling many of the country's lucrative gold mines.
The health ministry published a list Thursday of 34 health facilities that"the rebel militia continues to use as army barracks" and has not vacated"despite the truce". Humanitarian corridors that had been promised with the ceasefire never materialised, according to aid agencies that have managed to deliver a fraction of the aid currently needed.World Food Programme chief Cindy McCain condemned Thursday"the looting of WFP food and assets happening right now in El Obeid", 350 kilometres southwest of Khartoum.AFP | -
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