Introduction

Hours and the short truce declared in Sudan between the army and the Rapid Support Forces is ending, provided that it lasts only 24 hours.

While the Sudanese don’t have high hopes for any kind of truce, be it short or long, so far, at least, it seems that the mediators sponsoring the talks between the two conflicting parties (Saudi Arabia and the US) are set to clearly name the obstacles this time around.

Khartoum Takes Your Breath Away

Conflict Monitor

He also indicated that he maintains a platform called the Sudanese Observatory to publish the results of these monitoring operations.

Looking for this platform, it turns out that it is called the Sudan Conflict Observatory, a website launched yesterday by the US State Department.

How to Track Violations

In his enumeration of violations, he revealed the tools he used to document these violations, whether through satellite or some human rights organizations.

Among those tools that will document violations, for example, is the Yale Human Rights Organization, which indicated in this initial report that the conflict had a significant impact on the security of civilians in Khartoum, North Kordofan, South, West and North Darfur, as well as widespread impact on the telecommunications sector in the country.

It was also found that this observatory uses PlanetScape Ai services, which provide high-resolution satellite imagery, as well as thermal sensors.

Violations and Displacements

Up to this point, a preliminary report released by the observatory, accompanied by photographs, has documented “large-scale and targeted” destruction of water, electricity and communications facilities in recent weeks.

He also documented eight “systematic” arson attacks that destroyed villages in Darfur, as well as several attacks on schools, mosques and other public buildings in the country’s far west city of El Geneina, where violent attacks by local groups were recorded against background disconnection.

In addition, he pointed out that both the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces, together with their allied militias, committed wide-ranging violations of the Jeddah Declaration signed between the two sides on 20 May.

It is noteworthy that since the beginning of the conflict between the two armed forces, in mid-April, about 13 truces have been concluded in the country, all of them have been violated since the first hours of their entry into force, with both sides making accusations and taking responsibility.

More than 1,800 people have died as a result of armed conflict, according to the Armed Conflict Locations and Events Data Project (ACLED).

According to the UN International Organization for Migration, it has also displaced about two million people, including more than 476,000 people who have moved to neighboring countries.