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 Fast Assist Forces (RSF) will transfer Egyptian troops that have been in Merowe airport when combating 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”.
After clashes erupted between Sudan’s armed forces and the rival RSFon 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 bunch of males wearing military fatigues crouched on the bottom and talking to members of the RSF in an Egyptian Arabic dialect.
Egypt President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Monday stated Egyptian troops held in Sudan have been merely there to conduct workout routines with their Sudanese counterparts and to not assist any of the combatants.
Preventing between the navy and the 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.
Afterward Wednesday, the RSF stated it was dedicated to a 24-hour ceasefire beginning at 6pm (16:00 GMT).
“We affirm our full dedication to a whole ceasefire, and we hope the opposite occasion will abide by the ceasefire based on the introduced time,” the RSF added in a press release.
It was not instantly clear whether or not the military would announce its personal dedication to the ceasefire.
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 remaining deal geared toward restoring Sudan’s democratic transition.
The combating has killed a minimum of 270 individuals and wounded greater than 12,600, World Well being Group Director-Normal Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated on Tuesday.
Widespread energy and water outages have put many hospitals out of service and hundreds have begun leaving their properties within the capital.
Egyptian troops held
In a speech broadcast by Egyptian state tv after Abdel Fattah el-Sisi chaired a gathering of the Supreme Council of Armed Forces on Monday, the president stated he’s involved with the RSF to make sure the security 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”.