The RSF says in a press release that Egyptian forces could be handed over to Cairo ‘as soon as the state of affairs permits it’.
Sudan’s paramilitary Speedy Assist Forces (RSF) will transfer Egyptian troops that have been in Merowe airport when preventing broke out to the capital, Khartoum, the group has stated.
The RSF stated in a press release that Egyptian troops could be handed over to Cairo “as soon as the state of affairs permits it”.
The assertion comes as preventing between Sudan’s armed forces and the rival RSF raged for a fifth day on Wednesday, with air raids and shelling rocking the capital after the failure of a United States-brokered ceasefire. The warring sides have accused one another of breaking the truce.
Violence erupted throughout Sudan on Saturday between the forces of two generals who seized energy in a 2021 coup: military chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his deputy, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, higher recognized by his nickname Hemedti, who instructions the RSF.
It adopted a bitter dispute between them over the deliberate integration of the RSF into the common military – a key situation for a ultimate deal aimed toward restoring Sudan’s democratic transition.
The preventing has killed a minimum of 270 individuals and wounded greater than 12,600, World Well being Group Director-Basic Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated on Tuesday.
Widespread energy and water outages have put many hospitals out of service and hundreds have begun leaving their houses within the capital.
Egyptian troops
After clashes erupted on Saturday, the RSF shared a video it stated confirmed Egyptian troops who had “surrendered” to them within the northern city of Merowe, about midway between Khartoum and the border with Egypt.
The video confirmed a gaggle of males wearing military fatigues crouched on the bottom and chatting with members of the RSF in an Egyptian Arabic dialect.
In a speech broadcast by Egyptian state tv after Abdel Fattah el-Sisi chaired a gathering of the Supreme Council of Armed Forces late on Monday, the president stated he’s in touch with the RSF to make sure the protection of Egyptian troopers in Sudan.
“We hope to get again our troops as quickly as potential,” el-Sisi stated.
El-Sisi additionally stated Egypt was in common contact with the Sudanese military and the RSF to “encourage them to just accept a ceasefire and spare the blood of the Sudanese individuals”.
