Death toll rises in Sudan conflict

The World Health Organization (WHO) reported that the number of people who have lost their lives in the ongoing conflict in Sudan has risen to 604.

A weekly press conference was held under the moderation of Rolando Gómez, Head of the Department of Press and Foreign Relations of the Information Unit of the UN Office in Geneva.

WHO spokesman Tarik Jasarevic said the number of people who lost their lives in clashes between the army and the Rapid Support Forces (HDK) in Sudan, which has been going on since April 15, has risen to 604. and the number of wounded to 5,127.

Paul Dillon, spokesman for the International Organization for Migration (IOM), stated that 700,000 people were displaced during the conflict in Sudan. Dillon recalled that this number was around 340,000 last week.

The disagreement in recent months over “military security reform”, which provided for the full involvement of the HDK in Sudan, established in 2013 to support government forces against armed rebels in the Darfur region, turned into a conflict hot as of the morning of April 15.

Sudan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that General Abdulfettah al-Burhan, Chairman of the Sovereignty Council and Commander of the Army, had decided to dissolve the HDK, which faced the army, and declare it an “anti-state rebel force”. (AA)