Isigwagwagwa sesiphenduke ingxenye yempilo kubahlali
Amaqembu alwayo eSudan alwe enhlokodolobha ngoLwesihlanu ngemuva kokubhidlika kwezingxoxo zokuthi kumiswe umbango kanye nokudambisa inkinga yabantu.
Izakhamuzi zaseKhartoum nase-Omdurman ngaphesheya komfula iNile zithe amasosha aqale phansi ukuhlasela emoyeni futhi asebenzisa izibhamu eziningi. Kodwa bathi akukho okukhombisa ukuthi i-paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) iyahoxa emigwaqweni nasezindlini ebikuzo.
“Sihlukumezeka kakhulu ngale mpi. Kusukela ekuseni kunomsindo wodlame. Siphila ngokwesaba. Kuyiphupho elibi ngempela,” kusho uShehab al-Din Abdalrahman, oneminyaka engama-31, esifundeni esiseningizimu yeKhartoum.
Amasonto ayisikhombisa ezimpi phakathi kwamasosha kanye ne-RSF aphihlize izingxenye zenkaba yeKhartoum, asabisa ngokuphazamisa isifunda esibanzi, asusa abantu abayisigidi esi-1.2 ngaphakathi eSudan futhi yathumela abanye abangama-400 000 emazweni angomakhelwane.
UMkhandlu Wezokuphepha weNhlangano Yezizwe ngoLwesihlanu ukugxekile ukuhlaselwa kwezakhamizi futhi wacela amaqembu ukuthi ayeke ukulwa futhi aqinisekise ukufinyelela kosizo ezweni lonke, ngokusho kwesitatimende.
Amazwe okuyiMelika kanye neSaudi Arabia ngoLwesine amise izingxoxo zokuthola ukuthula ngemuva kokugqabuka kwesivumelwano sokubekwa phansi izikhali obekuxoxiwe, besola izinhlangothi zombili ngokuhlala emakhaya, ezindaweni zamabhizinisi nezibhedlela, ukwenza iziteleka zomoya, okunye ukuhlasela kanye nokwenza umnyakazo wezempi ongavunyelwe.
IWashington ifake unswinyo emabhizinisini angaphansi kwamasosha kanye neRSF futhi yasabisa ngezinyathelo eziningi “Uma amaqembu eqhubeka nokucekela phansi izwe lawo,” kusho isikhulu esiphezulu saseMelika.
Umbutho uthe ngoLwesihlanu “umangazwe” yisinqumo se-US neSaudi sokumisa izingxoxo ngemuva kokuthi yenze iziphakamiso zokusebenzisa isivumelwano, isola iRSF ngokwephula isivumelwano. IRSF ngoLwesihlanu isole amasosha ngokuwa kwalezi zingxoxo, iwasola ngokwephula okuphindaphindiwe.
Inxusa laseSudan eWashington, uMohamed Abdallah Idris, uthe uhulumeni namasosha basazibophezele esivumelwaneni futhi noma yiziphi izinhlawulo kufanele “zibekwe eqenjini elingazange lihambisane nalokho elikusayinileyo” – okubukeka kuyinkulumo ebhekiselwe kuRSF.