The United States calls on the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces to cease renewed fighting in Sudan's Darfur, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said on Thursday.
"The United States calls on the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to cease renewed fighting in Nyala, South Darfur, and other populated areas, which have caused death and destruction," Miller said in a press release.
The conflict is senseless and has no acceptable military solution, Miller added.
The State Department is particularly alarmed by reports of indiscriminate shelling carried out by both the RSF and SAF that have caused civilian casualties, Miller added. Both sides must comply with international humanitarian law, Miller stressed.
In mid-April, large-scale clashes broke out between the Sudanese army, led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the RSF, led by Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, in various areas of Sudan. Both sides have sought to take control of strategic facilities, including the presidential palace and a number of military and civilian airports in the capital, Khartoum, and other major cities.
The UN estimates that thousands of people have been killed and some three million displaced since the fighting began.