The Sudanese army announced on Saturday that it had “thwarted attacks by the Rapid Support Forces on the city of El Fasher in western Sudan.”
The Sudanese army confirmed in a statement that “its forces inflicted heavy losses on the Rapid Support,” noting that “all Juba peace movements aligned with the armed forces to defeat the terrorist militia Al Dagalo.”
For 11 months, violent and large-scale clashes between the Sudanese army forces and the Rapid Support Forces have continued in different areas of Sudan, most of which are concentrated in the capital, Khartoum, leaving hundreds of civilians dead and wounded.
The differences between the head of the Sudanese Sovereignty Council and the commander of the Sudanese Armed Forces, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the commander of the Rapid Support Forces, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, came to light after the signing of the “framework agreement” establishing the transitional period between the military and civilian components, on December 5, 2022, which recognized the army’s departure from politics and the handover of power to civilians.
Dagalo accused the Sudanese army of planning to stay in power and not handing over power to civilians, after the army demanded that the Rapid Support Forces be integrated under the banner of the armed forces, while the army considered the movements of the Rapid Support Forces a rebellion against the state.
Arab, African and international parties brokered a ceasefire, but these mediations did not succeed in reaching a permanent cessation of hostilities.
