RSF claims Ethiopian embassy in Khartoum destroyed after bombing by Sudanese army

 

In this photo provided by Maheen S , smoke fills the sky in Khartoum, Sudan, near Doha International Hospital on April 21, 2023. (Maheen S via AP)

The war-torn capital Khartoum was allegedly bombed randomly by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) on Tuesday, according to the rebel Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of Sudan.

 

The organization said in a statement obtained by Sudans Post that Sudanese army aircraft "bombed the Ethiopian embassy buildings this morning, Tuesday, October 3, causing massive destruction to the building, which is located in the Al-Amarat area of Khartoum."

 

 

In the statement, the Sudanese army—which he referred to as the "militia"—was accused of committing heinous atrocities by attacking vital infrastructure, including the offices of international missions operating in the country’s war-torn interior.

 

“We in the Rapid Support Forces condemn and regret these barbaric actions that the Burhan militia has continued to pursue by targeting vital installations in the country, including the headquarters of diplomatic missions and international organizations,” the statement said.

Leader of Rapid Support Force (RSF) General Mohamed Hamdan Daglo. [Photo by Ibrahim Hamid/AFP]

It said that the actions of the Sudanese army led by General Abdelfattah al-Burhan who is also the President of the Transitional Sovereign Council are extensions of terrorist activities they said have been carried out by the dissolved NCP.

 

“There is no description of the systematic destruction operations carried out by the National Congress Party militias led by Al-Burhan other than that they are an extension of the acts of terrorism that targeted embassies and public facilities carried out by the same extremist militias in the three decades in which they ruled the country, and because of them, Sudan was included in the terrorist list,” it said.

 

The statement said that only uprooting the former regime of Omar al-Bashir is the only way to achieve stability in the country.

 

 

“Uprooting the defunct regime from its roots is the only way to achieve security and stability in Sudan and the entire region and opens the way for building the Sudanese state on new, just foundations, restoring democratic rule, removing injustice against the Sudanese peoples, and building a single national army,” the statement said.

 

The assertions of the RSF have not received a response from the Sudanese army.

 

 

Fighting between the two ex-allies started out in April of this year after the RSF attacked strongholds of the Sudanese government and army in the northern city of Merowe in Northern State and the capital Khartoum.

 

Since then, the two sides have signed a number of cease-fire agreements to allow the introduction of humanitarian aid, but none of these agreements have been successfully carried out. Additionally, the two sides have downplayed regional and international appeals for a halt to bloodshed.

 

 

Millions of people have been displaced to nearby nations, and thousands of people have died. As a severe food scarcity has gripped the nation, the UN and other foreign agencies have issued dire warnings.