PORT SUDAN: Sudanese police officials on Wednesday forcibly evicted hundreds of people sheltering at an educational institute in the eastern state of Gedaref, the locals said, as paramilitaries and the army battled in the country’s capital city Khartoum.
One local, Amal Hussein stated that she saw “police vehicles surround” a school and also heard people screaming. Hussein Gomaa also stated that Police personnel came and ordered them to quit the school, and fired tear gas at them.
Hussein Gomaa further added that they were 770 displaced people who had fled the war in the country’s capital city Khartoum and were taking shelter in the school. Gomaa maintained that they didn’t understand why they were driven out of the school. According to Gomaa now they are out in the open with children and women.
War in Sudan
Gedaref hosts more than 273,000 people uprooted in the crisis between the Sudan’s army and RSF. The United Nations said thousands of people are being housed in makeshift camps. According to the police, the decision was taken by the state governor.
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In Khartoum, media reported “intensified clashes and fighting” in a populated northern neighbourhood. Since April, troops loyal to the Sudan’s army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan have been at war with the RSF led by Mohamed Hamdan Daglo. AFP reported that over 10,000 people have been killed, and many displaced due to war in the African country.
