Malik Akar, Vice President of the Sudanese Sovereignty Council, directed the leadership of the 4th Infantry Division in the city of Damazin, the capital of the Blue Nile region in the south of the country – in the last meeting with members of the division – to advance towards the city. Wad Madani The capital of Gezira State to become the first line of defense for the region, amid reports of meetings between the Army andRapid Support Forces In Manama.

The Sudanese official stressed that the military institution is cohesive and must be preserved, and said that it reflects the diversity that characterizes Sudan, stressing the need to protect it.

This comes amid the outbreak of clashes since last Monday between the army and the Rapid Support Forces in Babanusa, the largest city in Western state DarfurThese forces seek to control the city where the leadership of the 22nd Infantry Division of the Sudanese army is located.

Al-Jazira State joined the war on December 15, with the Rapid Support Forces taking control of Wad Madani after battles with an army force that lasted about 4 days, after which the army announced the withdrawal of its forces.

About 5.9 million people live in Gezira State, which is the breadbasket of Sudan, including about 700,000 people in Wad Medani.

Manama meetings

On a related level, the Sudanese newspaper Al-Ahdath said, citing sources, that this January, the Bahraini capital witnessed 3 secret meetings between the Assistant Commander-in-Chief, Lieutenant General Shams al-Din al-Kabashi, and the Second Commander of the Rapid Support, Abdul Rahim Dagalo, under Egyptian-Emirati sponsorship.

She indicated that the meetings aimed to reach understandings pending the resumption of the Jeddah platform in the middle of next month, and that the meetings are supposed to culminate in a meeting between the President of the Sovereignty Council Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan Rapid Support Commander Muhammad Hamdan Dagalo (My praise).

The newspaper added that Algeria entered as a new player in the line of initiatives, with the arrival of a delegation to Port Sudan carrying proposals to host negotiations between the army and the Rapid Support Forces.

Since mid-April, the army and the Rapid Support have been waging a war that has left more than 13,000 dead and more than 7 million displaced and refugees, according to the United Nations.