Eid takbeers are mixed with the sounds of explosions in Sudan, and talk of a truce is just “ink on paper”. Algerian Dialogue

On the first day of Eid al-Fitr, the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, woke up to the impact of aircraft bombs and heavy artillery in clashes between the army and the Rapid Support Forces.

Despite calls for calm and respect for the sanctity of the holiday, battles continued across the various neighborhoods of Khartoum, and the sounds of the holiday takbeers mixed, with violent explosions sounding in a number of neighborhoods of the Sudanese capital.

The Rapid Support Forces had agreed to a humanitarian truce for a period of 72 hours, starting at six in the morning, Friday, and added in a statement that: “The truce coincides with the blessed Eid Al-Fitr and to open humanitarian corridors to evacuate citizens and provide an opportunity to greet their families.”

For its part, the Sudanese army announced its agreement to a truce for a period of 24 hours, but the clashes broke out in the early hours of Friday morning.
The Sudan Doctors Syndicate had announced that the number of civilians killed and injured as a result of the clashes had risen to 243 dead and 1335 injured, and 13 hospitals were bombed and 19 other hospitals were subjected to forced evacuation as a result of the battles.

Amid fears of the country slipping into a more dangerous turn, Japan announced that it had begun preparing the necessary procedures to evacuate all its citizens from Sudan, and South Korea decided to send a military plane to evacuate its nationals.