UN aid chief says 9,000 people killed in six months of war in Sudan

The United Nations has announced that the six months war in Sudan has taken the lives of about 9,000 people, throwing the country into “one of the worst humanitarian nightmares in recent history.”

Sudan has been in a state of chaos since mid-April, when growing tensions between military chief Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan and the commander of the RSF, Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, exploded into open violent clashes.

U.N. Undersecretary-General Martin Griffiths said in a statement marking the six-month anniversary of the clashes that “For six months, civilians … have known no respite from bloodshed and terror,”. “Horrific reports of rape and sexual violence continue to emerge.” He said.

He noted that the fighting reportedly killed up to 9,000 and forced millions of people out of their residences, either to secured areas inside Sudan or in neighboring countries.

Martin Griffiths added that the conflict led to “communities torn apart. Vulnerable people with no access to life-saving aid. Mounting humanitarian needs in the neighboring countries where millions have fled.”

A cholera outbreak was reported in the Khartoum and other areas in the country, with more than 1,000 suspected cases detected in the capital and the provinces of Kordofan and Qadarif, he said.

Recall that the head of the Sudanese army, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan hinted at a negotiated peace deal between him and the leader of the rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo.

Burhan went on to say that the abandoned peace talks initiated by Saudi Arabia and the US in Jeddah may come out successful without giving additional details.