180 people dead from Sudan conflict buried unidentified: Red Crescent

 

The Sudanese Red Crescent, the most widespread humanitarian organization operating in Sudan, claimed that ongoing conflict in Sudan's Khartoum and Darfur has prompted volunteers to bury 180 remains rescued from combat zones without identification.

Since violence between Sudan's warring generals erupted on April 15, volunteers have buried 102 unidentified remains in the Al-Shegilab cemetery in the Sudanese capital and 78 more in Darfur cemeteries, according to a statement released on Friday by the Red Crescent.

Sudanese army head Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan and his deputy-turned-rival, paramilitary commander of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, have pledged to protect civilians and secure humanitarian corridors on several occasions.

However, Red Crescent volunteers aided by the International Committee of the Red Cross were unable to walk through the streets to collect the dead bodies "due to security constraints," according to the Red Crescent.

Last month, the two Sudanese rivals agreed in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) to "enable responsible humanitarian actors, such as the Sudanese Red Crescent and the International Committee of the Red Cross, to collect, register, and bury the deceased in coordination with competent authorities."

The fighting between Sudan’s warring parties has already led to a mounting death toll and a vast displacement of people across the country.

Earlier, Antony Blinken, the United States Secretary of State, urged both parties to stop the fighting. He called for the fast delivery of humanitarian aid for the millions of vulnerable people in Sudan.

The fighting in the Darfur region has plunged the region into a crisis. Recently, the BBC reported that a village near Nyala in South Darfur, Abu Adam, was completely destroyed by militias.

According to the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project, over 1,800 people have been killed in the recent fighting between the two Sudanese rivals.