For the fourth consecutive day, fighting continued on Monday between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces east of Wad Madani, the capital of the Al-Jazeera State in central Sudan. Witnesses reported that clashes with heavy and light weapons renewed in the neighborhoods of Hantoub, east of Wad Madani, separated by the Hantoub bridge leading to the heart of the city, according to the "Arab World News Agency."
They noted that military aircraft belonging to the army carried out airstrikes on Rapid Support Forces in the central neighborhoods of Hantoub, pointing out that there were civilian casualties. In this context, civil resistance committees urged citizens to exercise caution and minimize movement around the city as much as possible.
The official spokesperson for the Sudanese Armed Forces, Nabil Abdullah, reassured citizens that the situation in Wad Madani is stable. In a statement via Facebook last night, he said: "The armed forces, police, intelligence agency forces, and volunteers will expend their utmost efforts to maintain this stability and secure it, assisted by the efforts of the devoted sons of the country from all segments of the Sudanese people until the last rebel, traitor, and agent is eliminated."
The statement also accused the Rapid Support Forces of targeting the villages of Abu Qutah and East Al-Jazeera and attempting to target the city of Madani, stating, "These are areas devoid of any military targets, confirming that they are waging this war against the Sudanese citizen."
Additionally, the states of Al-Jazeera, White Nile in central Sudan, Sennar in the southeastern region, and Al-Qadarif in the eastern region, which are neighboring each other, announced a state of emergency and a curfew, as did the Northern State in the far north of the country. In Darfur, it was reported that an Antonov aircraft carried out airstrikes this morning on the eastern neighborhoods of Nyala in South Darfur.
