[News] News about the deployment of rapid support in the city of Umm Rawaba in North Kordofan

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It was reported that the Rapid Support Forces deployed in the second largest city in North Kordofan State (central South Sudan) after the Sudanese army withdrew from it, while the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned that the ongoing fighting threatens the future of millions of Sudanese children.

 

 

Local sources in North Kordofan state told Al Jazeera that the Rapid Support Forces have deployed since yesterday, Wednesday, in the city of Umm Rawaba.

The sources added that the Sudanese army had taken control of the city last Tuesday and then withdrew from it yesterday, Wednesday, towards the city of Kosti in White Nile State.

In turn, government sources told Al Jazeera that the Rapid Support Forces looted dozens of cars and illegally detained more than 30 people in the city of Umm Rawaba, some of whom they later released.

This development comes as Agence France-Presse reported that the Rapid Support Forces took control of some areas within the borders of Al-Jazira State (south of Khartoum).

The agency indicated residents' fear after these forces advanced 80 kilometers south of Khartoum.

Smoke rises over Khartoum, Sudan, Friday, June 23, 2023. Cashes between warring incidents resumed in Sudan's capital and a neighboring city after a three-day cease-fire expired (AP Photo)
Smoke rising from Khartoum as a result of previous clashes between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support (Associated Press)
Bombing with Khartoum
In the capital, Khartoum, local sources reported to Al Jazeera that the Sudanese army bombed with artillery rapid support sites around the Jabra and Abu Adam neighborhoods, south of the city.

In turn, the Rapid Support Forces said in their account on the “X” website that Sudanese army aircraft bombed this morning the sheep market in the Koko area in the eastern Nile, killing and wounding 35 people, including women and children.

The Sudanese army has repeatedly denied Rapid Support accusations that it bombed city targets in Khartoum and other areas.

Yesterday, Wednesday, the Sudanese army announced the killing of 30 members of the Rapid Support Forces in clashes south of the capital.

The Jabra neighborhood recently witnessed bloody battles between the army and the Rapid Support, especially in the vicinity of the Armored Corps headquarters.

The Sudanese army confirmed that it had thwarted several attempts by the Rapid Support Forces to control the armored corps.

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Children's future
On the humanitarian level, UNICEF-Sudan Office warned that the war in Sudan and the accompanying displacement, school closures, and lack of basic services threaten the future of 24 million Sudanese children.

The United Nations organization indicated in its figures that there are 12 million Sudanese children waiting for schools to reopen, and that two and a half million are displaced.

It also indicated that 1.7 million under the age of one are at risk of missing essential vaccinations, and 690,000 suffer from severe malnutrition and are at risk of death.

The organization said that the price of inaction is high on childhood in Sudan.

The United Nations has repeatedly warned that millions of Sudanese need help.

Since the outbreak of confrontations between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces in mid-April, about 5,000 people have been killed and others injured, and at least 4.6 million have been displaced inside and outside the country.

 

https://www.aljazeera.net/news/2023/9/14/أنباء-عن-انتشار-الدعم-السريع-بشمال