Generals in Sudan appear to agree on a one-day ceasefire
Fighting between two rival generals has been paralyzing Sudan for days. Now there is reportedly a temporary agreement. And: The Bundeswehr is considering evacuating German citizens from the country.
Something is happening in Sudan: according to consistent reports, the country's army and its rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have agreed on a 24-hour ceasefire. It remains to be seen whether this is actually adhered to.
The guns should be silent for a day from 6 p.m. Tuesday (Central European Time), the army said. New tensions are already emerging: General Shams al-Din al-Kabashi of the ruling military council said there are no plans to extend the ceasefire.
At least 185 dead
According to the United Nations, at least 185 people have been killed and more than 1,800 injured in the fighting that has been going on since Saturday. According to observers, the conflict was triggered by a dispute over the integration of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) into the military as part of the transition to a civilian government.
The RSF leader Mohamed Hamdan Daglo had already signaled readiness for a ceasefire in the morning. De facto president and army chief Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan initially did not react. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken had mediated between the two sides in the past few days.
In the course of the fighting that has been going on since Saturday, airports and military facilities, some of which were in the immediate vicinity of residential areas, were attacked with heavy weapons. Public life in Sudan's capital, Khartoum, has come to an almost complete standstill since the fighting began.
»Lower three-digit number« German registered
Because of the fighting in Sudan, the Bundeswehr is preparing to support the Federal Foreign Office in the event of a militarily secured evacuation of German citizens. "The Bundeswehr has specialized forces that are constantly preparing for the scenario of an evacuation operation and are permanently kept on call," said a spokesman for the operational command.
As part of the National Crisis Preparedness, the Bundeswehr has capabilities for evacuating citizens and also provides soldiers for crisis support teams (KUT) that advise embassies in crisis situations. According to a spokeswoman on Monday, a "low three-digit number" of German nationals in Sudan was registered in the so-called crisis prevention list of the Federal Foreign Office.
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For reasons of operational security, no details on the scope, personnel and material of possible evacuation forces of the Bundeswehr could be given, said the spokesman.
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