The Independent: As if Bashir was not overthrown .. Violence in Darfur kills the revolution

Nothing has changed in Darfur. Despite the revolution that toppled the rule of former Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, and despite the continued ceasefire, violence continues there and the lack of food and medicine.

This was mentioned in a long report published by the British newspaper The Independent for its reporter, Bill Tru, who visited many areas of North Darfur and camps for the displaced and spoke to both the Sudanese Prime Minister Abdullah Hamduk and the leader of the Rapid Support Forces, Lieutenant-General Mohammed Hamdan Diqlo (Hamidati), who is vice-president of the Sovereign Council.

Trouw quoted displaced people in the famous Zamzam camp as saying that crimes such as burning villages, killing and rape, stealing livestock, seizing land and expelling farmers from their farms did not stop.

They do not hope to improve their conditions
The reporter said he visited a village where its residents told him they were preparing for an attack that they knew would be launched soon, adding that the displaced people across North Darfur are repeating the same stories and saying that they do not hope behind what they hear of a revolution that shook the country, i.e. improving their lives.

"What is this revolution that you are talking about? What is this change that you promise us? We are still suffering from a lack of food and medicine and we cannot return to our villages, and our lands are still under the control of others. Killings are still going on," the reporter quoted one of the women, Fatima Nour, in Zamzam camp, as asking. ".

The report quoted many civilians as saying that part of the problem is the continued presence of the Rapid Support Forces and the Arab tribes loyal to these forces, who carry the referred killings.

Hamidty denies
The reporter quoted Lieutenant-General Hamidati Neve categorically as saying that the Rapid Support Forces are responsible for violations against civilians in North Darfur and blame him for tribal conflicts and armed gangs.

Hamidati described his forces as "the protector of the revolution and the guard of Darfur," referring to a campaign to collect weapons that these forces are currently running in the region.

In a related development, the report stated that the hybrid African Union and United Nations forces in Darfur are withdrawing from their bases as part of reducing their activities there, quoting their officials as saying that the situation in Darfur is on the way to change and that it is on the right path.

Previous charges continue
Citizens say that the government stands with one side of the conflict forces in Darfur, the Arab tribes that are still continuing their violent violations against the African tribes due to the non-demilitarization, while the other non-Arab tribes were stripped, according to the citizens ’statements.

Many community leaders in the camps for the displaced have warned of an imminent health crisis as tens of thousands of people begin to suffer from hunger and do not get work or an opportunity to return to their towns to sow and feed themselves, especially since aid organizations have reduced their activities in the region.

A group of Abu Shouk camp for the displaced had handed over the new government in Sudan a list of demands that, while the leadership had changed in Khartoum, the remnants of the former regime were still active in Darfur and used starvation to pressure them to return to their villages from which they had fled.

Pressure to return to the villages
Muhammad Othman, 47, who lives in Abu Shouk camp, says that the authorities aim to empty the displacement camps because they are the most vivid sign of crimes committed, adding that some families are on the brink of starvation, "They want to starve us so that we can return to our villages despite the dangers."

The European Union had warned last month that the number of hungry people across Sudan was increasing and reached 8.3 million, including more than a million in the emergency situation, the last stage before the famine.

Hundreds of kilometers from Darfur, in Khartoum, Tru says that Hamdok finds it difficult to answer the questions of the displaced in Darfur about change.

Hamdouk: Hostilities that are not supported by the current situation
Hamdouk says that they have started reforming a security apparatus, but he acknowledged that erasing the effects of the conflict in Darfur needs a long time. He pointed out that it was established for a specific purpose, and that the goal for which it was founded has ended.

Hamdouk ruled out the authorities being responsible for the outbreak of the recent violence in Darfur, classifying them as historical hostilities between the different ethnic and tribal groups "that the previous regime was inciting to hate each other."