Al-Yurae- After days of fierce fighting between the army and the Rapid Support Forces in the city of Zalingei, the capital of Central Darfur state, western Sudan, report by members of the resistance committees pointed out that they monitored the death of 6 people, including two women, while the monitoring of all victims was stalled due to the difficulty of movement in the city.
They pointed out that the situation there is still very bad in light of the continued security lawlessness and the spread of militias inside the city and the conversion of citizens’ homes to their headquarters, pointing to the deterioration of health and humanitarian conditions and the continued interruption of the communications network since May 17.
According to the report, issued yesterday, the continued theft operations, included the looting of the Zalingei locality offices that has been completely stolen and files and documents were burned at government headquarters, as well as the looting of the Zalingei power station and the theft of all fuel stocks in it, amid the occupation of citizens’ homes by the Rapid Support Forces in both the western neighborhood, the stadium neighborhood and the eastern neighborhood where they converted them into headquarters for their forces.
According to the report, army warplanes targeted assembly points for armed motorcycle owners loyal to the Rapid Support Forces in the vicinity of the city near the Al-Wadi East neighborhoods.
Regarding the health conditions, statement pointed out that Zalingei Hospital was out of service after a shell fell inside it, in addition to the health centers affiliated with the health insurance out of service, except for the Hamidiya Center, which is partially operational, and the scarcity and depletion of life-saving medicines, while the dialysis center faces the risk of stopping due to the lack of fuel and some important medicines.
According to the report, the humanitarian situation worsened after the displacement of residents of the neighborhoods of Al-Gharbi, Al-Stadium, and parts of the Al-Souq neighborhood after the rapid support seized some homes.
The city’s resistance committees warned that strategic goods and supplies were running out, threatening famine in the area.
