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The ongoing clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) that started on 15 April 2023 have continued for 198 days as of 30 October.
In South Sudan, border monitoring teams observed a 49 per cent increase in new arrivals in the past week with 63 per cent of them Sudanese.
In a statement on 29 October, UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths welcomed the resumption of talks in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, to end the months-long conflict between the Sudanese army and its rival paramilitary force. Mr. Griffiths underscored the dire humanitarian situation in Sudan and called on the parties to the conflict “to break the bureaucratic logjam.”
The United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS) also welcomed the ongoing talks in Jeddah, expressing hope that the new round of negotiations will result in the implementation of the Declaration of Commitment to Protect the Civilians of Sudan, and a comprehensive ceasefire, “which are both crucial to alleviate the suffering of the Sudanese people”.
The US State Department in a press statement thanked the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for hosting the talks, and welcome IGAD, which is also participating on behalf of the African Union, as a co-facilitator. It said, “the reconvened talks continue to have a narrow set of objectives.”
The Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General and Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan, Clementine Nkweta-Salami, has expressed deep concern over continued reports of attacks against civilian infrastructure as brutal fighting continues across Sudan. In a statement, the senior UN official said “the conflict has caused untold suffering in Sudan at a scale never seen before”.