At least 56 civilians have been killed and hundreds injured as a result of the armed clashes that began yesterday between the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (FAR) and the sudanese armyThe Central Committee of Doctors of Sudan reported this Sunday.

The committee indicated on its Facebook page that, in addition to the 56 civilian deaths, there are a total of 595 woundedincluded among the ranks of the military, and of which there are “dozens” who are in critical condition. The association warned that these figures were recorded within hospitals and health centers, so they could rise considerably as there are victims affected in isolated regions of Sudan to which the Medical Committee does not have access.

It also indicated that there are civilian deaths and victims who could not reach hospitals “due to movement difficulties and the interception of ambulances and paramedics” during the armed clashes.

The committee broke down that the capital, Khartoum, was where the most deaths were recorded, with 25 fatalities; while in the neighbor omdurman and the region of Marine a total of 11 and 8 deaths were recorded, respectively. The clashes that took place in areas far from urban centers left at least another 25 dead between civilians and soldiers, the source said.

“We call for the predominance of the voice of reason and the immediate ceasefire absurdwhich claimed the lives of innocent and unarmed civilians, and safe-conducts must be opened to evacuate the detained, stranded and injured to provide them with first aid,” the organization said.

The determining point of the conflict between the rival military after weeks of tension occurred this Saturday when the FAR accused the Sudanese Army of launch an action against one of their bases in Khartoumwhile the Armed Forces assured that they carried out it in response to an attack that the FAR had previously carried out in the Sudanese capital.

These clashes occurred just two days after the Army warned that the country is going through a “dangerous juncture” that can lead to armed conflict, after FAR units “mobilized” in the Sudanese capital and other cities without the consent or coordination of the Armed Forces.

This mobilization occurred in the midst of negotiations to reach a definitive political agreement that would put an end to the 2021 coup and lead Sudan to a democratic transition, a pact whose signing has been postponed twice this April precisely because of the tensions and rivalries between the Army and the FAR.