As fighting extends to 13 of the 18 states, the UN and the international community are urging an end to the conflict to avert a humanitarian catastrophe that would drive millions toward starvation and death.
With the war in Sudan lasting more than 17 months, US President Joe Biden encouraged the warring parties on Tuesday to resume talks and allow humanitarian access.
“I call on the belligerents responsible for Sudanese suffering—the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF)—to pull back their forces, facilitate unhindered humanitarian access, and re-engage in negotiations to end this war,” Biden said in an uncommon statement regarding the conflict in the country.
“The RSF’s attack, which is disproportionately hurting civilians in Sudan, needs to end. According to him, the SAF needs to cease its indiscriminate bombings that are damaging infrastructure and the lives of civilians.
In addition, Biden demanded that the parties “immediately allow unhindered humanitarian access to all areas of Sudan.”
“Let it be clear: the United States will not abandon our commitment to the people of Sudan, who deserve freedom, peace and justice,” he stated.
“We call for all parties to this conflict to end this violence and refrain from fueling it, for the future of Sudan and for all of the Sudanese people.”
The SAF and the paramilitary RSF have been fighting each other since mid-April of last year. The United Nations reports that this conflict has left over 20,000 people dead and approximately 10 million displaced or refugees.
The UN and the international community are calling for an end to the war in order to avert a humanitarian catastrophe that is driving millions of people toward starvation and death as a result of food shortages brought on by the fighting, which has expanded to 13 of the 18 nations.
