Hundreds of Sudanese families were displaced from the Jabal Muya area in Sennar State, southeast of the country, after the Rapid Support Forces took control of it.
On Tuesday, Agence France-Presse quoted eyewitnesses confirming that “hundreds of residents of the villages of Jabal Muya fled towards the city of Sinja, which is about 50 kilometers south of Sennar, or west to the city of Rabak, the capital of White Nile State.”
The spokesman for the “Popular Resistance” in Sinnar State, Ammar Hassan Ammar, wrote on his Facebook account: “Unfortunately, after continuous battles in which your forces exerted every effort, the Jabal Muya area fell into the hands of the rebel militia (Rapid Support), and work is underway to restore it.”
The Rapid Support Forces confirmed through their account on the “X” platform: “The rapid support forces succeeded in liberating the Jabal Muya area along the states of Sennar and White Nile.”
A military official explained to Agence France-Presse that the importance of the Jabal Muya region lies in “securing the Sennar Rabak road, which connects White Nile State to Sennar State and then to eastern Sudan.”
Since April 15, 2023, Sudan has witnessed a bloody war between the Sudanese army, led by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the Rapid Support Forces, led by Muhammad Hamdan Dagalo, followed by a deep humanitarian crisis.
The war in Sudan resulted in the deaths of tens of thousands, including up to 15,000 people in El Geneina, the capital of West Darfur state, according to United Nations experts.
But the war’s death toll is still unclear, with some estimates indicating that it reaches 150,000, according to the US special envoy to Sudan, Tom Perriello.
Also, Sudan has recorded nearly ten million displaced people inside and outside the country since the outbreak of fighting, according to United Nations statistics, and the country’s infrastructure has been largely destroyed, and its population is now threatened with famine.
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