AL STATE: Sudan’s army-aligned government on Saturday spurned an invitation to an east African summit and rebuked the United Nations for engaging with the commander of rival paramilitary forces. Analysts say the army chief is growing more and more isolated diplomatically, as his troops fail to halt RSF advances. Burhan has reacted angrily to Daglo’s growing diplomatic status, accusing African leaders who hosted him on his recent tour of complicity in atrocities against Sudanese civilians. The war has killed more than 13,000 people, according to a conservative estimate by the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data project. Both sides have been accused of war crimes, including the indiscriminate shelling of residential areas, torture and arbitrary detention of civilians.
