{"id":20065328,"date":"2024-01-02T16:07:22","date_gmt":"2024-01-02T15:07:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/?p=20065328"},"modified":"2024-01-17T13:41:17","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T12:41:17","slug":"usa-urges-sudan-parties-to-end-senseless-brutal-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/usa-urges-sudan-parties-to-end-senseless-brutal-war","title":{"rendered":"USA urges Sudan parties \u2018to end senseless, brutal war\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

To mark 68 years of Sudanese independence, the USA has reiterated its support for the people of Sudan, and urges \u201can end to this brutal war and return governance to civilians\u201d.<\/strong> In a statement yesterday<\/strong>, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken expressed regret for the continued suffering of the Sudanese people in the senseless war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his statement<\/a>, in which he congratulated the Sudanese people on the 68th anniversary of Sudan\u2019s independence<\/a>, Blinken acknowledged that the war in Sudan has generated \u201cwar crimes, crimes against humanity, ethnic cleansing, grave food insecurity, widespread displacement, and a collapsing healthcare system\u201d, as well as deepening divisions in Sudan \u201calong ethnic, tribal, and regional lines\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe RSF and SAF must end this brutal war and return governance to civilians, as the Sudanese people have long demanded.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA year ago, we welcomed a political process and joined the Sudanese people in hoping it could restore their democratic transition. Now, Sudan suffers from one of the world\u2019s largest humanitarian and displacement crises because of the warring parties\u2019 decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blinken\u2019s statement acknowledged the infrastructural and economic damage wrought by the war, both of which \u201care in ruins\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He stated that \u201cmany women and girls have been raped or live in terror of sexual violence amid lawlessness and impunity.\u201d As previously reported <\/a>by Dabanga, reports of harrowing sexual violence are rife throughout Sudan due to the war, now in its ninth month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blinken concluded by declaring that \u201cthe United States continues to stand with the people of Sudan and will work to end the conflict so that in the coming year, the Sudanese people can begin to realise the peace, security, and prosperity they deserve.\u201d<\/p>\n