The Sudanese army announced that its forces withdrew on Monday from the city of Wad Madani, the capital of Al-Jazira State, and that it was conducting an investigation into the reasons for the withdrawal, while the “Rapid Support” forces entered the city after fierce fighting against the army since December 16.
The Sudanese army announced, on Tuesday, that its forces withdrew on Monday from the city of Wad Madani, the capital of Al-Jazira State (central), and that it was conducting an investigation into the reasons for the withdrawal.
The army said in a statement: “Yesterday, Monday, the forces of the First Division Headquarters withdrew from the city of Wad Madani, and the reasons and circumstances that led to the withdrawal of the forces from their positions are being investigated.”
He added that the results of the investigation will be submitted to the “competent authorities” and then announced to public opinion.
On Monday, Rapid Support forces entered the city. After fierce fighting against the army since December 16 of this year.
The "Rapid Support" announced that its commander, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (Hemedti), issued a decision on Tuesday assigning Commander Abu Aqla Mohamed Ahmed Kikel with the duties of leading the division in Wad Madani.
She added, in a statement, that "liberating Al-Jazira State from the grip of the enemies of our people (meaning the army) is a step towards liberating the entire country and devoting time to building the Sudanese state on new foundations that achieve freedom, justice, equality and democracy."
Meanwhile, the United Nations said that at least a quarter of a million people fled away from their places of residence in the past few days, due to clashes between army forces and the Rapid Support Forces, in the city of Wad Madani, south of the capital, Khartoum.
Military operations between the army and the Rapid Support Forces escalated intensely, days after the end of the IGAD summit on Sudan.
The Rapid Support Forces attacked for the first time the city of Wad Madani, the capital of the Al-Jazira state located in the center of the country, after they penetrated into the towns and regions of the north of the island. She said in a statement that behind this attack, she was seeking to eliminate what she described as "the remnants of the deposed President Omar al-Bashir's regime and the Burhan criminal gang."
The United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF, said that the war in Sudan has so far caused the displacement of more than 3.5 million children and their families, making them homeless, making it the worst child displacement crisis in the entire world.
As the battles moved to the island, the area of clashes expanded to include nine states witnessing ongoing fighting, namely Khartoum, the five states of the Darfur region, and the three states of the Kordofan region.
Since mid-April, the army, led by the head of the Transitional Sovereignty Council, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the Rapid Support Forces, led by Hemedti, have been waging a war that has left more than 12,000 dead and more than 6 million displaced and refugees, according to the United Nations.
Reserves the right to defend its water security, Egypt: The Renaissance Dam negotiations end without result
The fourth and final meeting of the Renaissance Dam negotiations with Ethiopia and Sudan ended, and Egypt announced that the meeting ended without achieving any result, accusing Addis Ababa of rejecting any compromise solutions, and stressing that it reserves the right to defend its water security.
On Tuesday evening, Egypt announced the end of the fourth and final meeting of the Renaissance Dam negotiations with Ethiopia and Sudan without achieving any results, accusing Addis Ababa of rejecting any compromise solutions, and stressing that it reserves the right to defend its water security.
This path was launched within the framework of an agreement between the two countries downstream of the Nile River (Egypt and Sudan) and Ethiopia to accelerate the completion of the agreement on the rules for filling and operating the dam (built on the Blue Nile) within four months.
The Ministry of Irrigation said, in a statement, “The meeting (in Addis Ababa) did not yield any results due to the continuation of the same Ethiopian positions of refusal over the past years to adopt any of the compromise technical and legal solutions that would secure the interests of the three countries, and Ethiopia’s persistence in reneging on what happened.” Reaching understandings that meet their declared interests.”
She added: "As it has become clear, the Ethiopian side is determined to continue exploiting the negotiating cover to establish the reality on the ground, and to negotiate for the purpose of extracting an instrument of consent from the two downstream countries on absolute Ethiopian control of the Blue Nile (the main tributary of the Nile River), in isolation from international law."
The ministry continued, "In light of these Ethiopian positions, the negotiating paths have ended. Egypt confirms that it will closely monitor the process of filling and operating the Renaissance Dam, and reserves its right guaranteed under international conventions to defend its water and national security in the event it is exposed to harm."
As of 17:00 GMT, no Ethiopian comment or Sudanese statement had been issued regarding the faltering negotiations that began about a decade ago and witnessed periods of interruption.
The last four rounds came after a freeze in negotiations that lasted more than two years, specifically since April 2021. Following the failure of an African Union initiative to bring viewpoints closer between the three countries.
Egypt and Sudan are committed to first reaching a binding agreement with Ethiopia regarding filling and operating the dam, especially in times of drought. To ensure the continued flow of their share of the Nile River water.
Ethiopia says that the dam is necessary for development purposes, especially through generating electricity, and stresses that it does not aim to harm any other party.
Last September 10, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced the success of a fourth phase of filling the dam’s reservoir with water, which Cairo considered “a new violation by Addis Ababa and a burden on the negotiations.”
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