The United States, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates, among others, are among the mediators referred to as the Aligned for Advancing Lifesaving and Peace in Sudan (ALPS) Group.
The ALPS group repeatedly demands that international humanitarian law be upheld in full. The ALPS Group said in a statement on Wednesday that this includes the obligations to protect civilians, including humanitarian personnel, their properties and assets, as well as to facilitate quick and unhinged humanitarian access to all those in need.
The group expressed shock at “the wide range of access impediments that are delaying or blocking the response in key areas, as well as the growing number of people in situations of severe malnutrition and famine.”
The North Darfur and Kordofan regions, respectively, were given particular urgency in the statement.
The statement read, “Civilians continue to pay the highest price for this war.”
Since the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) started fighting in April 2023, Sudan has been ravaged by conflict and hunger.
The army is in effect divided into two parts, with the RSF occupying almost all of Darfur and some of the south, while the army is in charge of Sudan’s north, east, and center.
According to the United Nations, nearly 25 million people in Sudan are in dire need of lifesaving aid.
The UAE has been accused of supporting the RSF, including by sending weapons, a practice it defame vehemently.
Source: Aljazeera
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