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CAIRO — The dying toll from the continued clashes in Sudan has risen to 604 folks, together with civilians, the U.N. well being company stated on Tuesday. The brand new figures come as representatives of the opponents are holding talks in Saudi Arabia.

Greater than 5,100 folks had been additionally wounded in reference to the preventing, World Well being Group spokesperson Tarik Jasarevic advised reporters. On Monday, the Sudanese Docs’ Syndicate, which tracks solely civilian casualties, stated that the fatalities had reached 487.

The battle began on April 15, after months of escalating tensions between the army, led by Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, and a rival paramilitary group referred to as the Speedy Help Forces, or RSF, commanded by Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo.

The preventing has turned city areas into battlefields and displaced almost 700,000 folks on high of the three.7 million who had already been internally displaced inside the nation earlier than the battle started, in accordance with the U.N. migration company.

On Monday, the Saudi International Ministry stated that talks between delegations of each warring sides had been anticipated to proceed for just a few extra days within the coastal metropolis of Jeddah.

The talks are a part of a diplomatic initiative proposed by the dominion and the USA in hopes of ending the preventing. In the meantime, Burhan accused the RSF of utilizing residential neighborhoods as their army bases and civilians as human shields.

In an interview late Monday with an Egyptian TV channel, Al-Qahira Al-Akhbariya, he insisted they have to withdraw all their troops from the capital, Khartoum, earlier than any truce settlement might be reached.

“If this isn’t achieved, there will probably be no level in going to Saudi Arabia, or participating in any negotiations,” he stated. “We gained’t go forward with any initiative that doesn’t deliver again normalcy and make sure the security of our residents.”

The RSF has not responded to Burhan’s assertion.

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