The head of the Sudanese Army orders the disbandment of the RSF paramilitaries and declares them a "rebel group"

MADRID, 17 Abr. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The head of the Sudanese Army, Abdelfatá al Burhan, has ordered this Monday the dissolution of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and its classification as a "rebel group" as a result of the clashes that broke out on Saturday, which have so far left Nearly one hundred civilians died, apart from the casualties among the fighting forces.

"As a result of the RSF rebellion, the president of the Sovereign Transition Council and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces has issued the decision to dissolve the RSF and declare it a rebel group against the State, for which action will be taken against them. accordingly," the Sudanese Foreign Ministry said.

Thus, he has denounced that the RSF launched attacks on Saturday against military positions in the capital, Khartoum, and other cities in the country, including the residence of Al Burhan, shortly before the scheduled meeting between the head of the Army and the leader of the RSF , Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, alias 'Hemedti', to address the tensions, according to the Sudanese state news agency, SUNA.

In this sense, he has outlined that this is a sample of "bad faith" on the part of the RSF and has stressed that the Army "responded, in line with its national responsibility to achieve security and stability in the country." "The Armed Forces were able to defeat the rebels, inflicting heavy losses in lives and equipment, forcing a large number of them to surrender or flee the battlefield," he concluded.

The main civil organizations and political parties in Sudan have demanded in unison over the weekend not only the end of the fighting, but also the end of the "militarization" that has dominated "the public space" of the country for decades and, in In particular, since the overthrow four years ago of the dictator Omar Hasan al Bashir after a revolution in which civilians were an instrumental part.

Before the outbreak of the fighting, the African country was governed by a junta led by the head of the Army, whose "number two" was the military leader of the RSF. The discrepancies between the two regarding the integration of the paramilitaries in a future unified Army -- an agreement prior to the formation of a new unity government led by civilians -- ended up degenerating into this conflict.