{"id":46716,"date":"2023-11-02T14:42:11","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T14:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/talks-ongoing-to-defuse-tensions-in-el-geneina"},"modified":"2023-11-02T15:03:13","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T15:03:13","slug":"talks-ongoing-to-defuse-tensions-in-el-geneina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/talks-ongoing-to-defuse-tensions-in-el-geneina","title":{"rendered":"Talks ongoing to defuse tensions in El Geneina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>A senior government official in Sudan\u2019s West Darfur State says they are working to defuse mounting tensions between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the state capital, El Geneina.<\/p>\n<p>Dou El Beit Adam, a state peace advisor, told Radio Tamazuj Wednesday that the state governor had set up a committee comprising Imams and native administration leaders to contain the crisis between the two warring parties.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDiscussions are continuing to contain the security situation and avoid bloodshed in the state,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Yousif Mohammed Yousif, a civil society activist in El Geneina, said the security situation remains tense, adding that the city has witnessed a mass exodus since Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe market is completely closed, although the situation is calm, but we don\u2019t know what will happen in the coming hours,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, journalist and political analyst Esmat Ibrahim Mohammed said there was fear and panic among citizens after reports that the RSF plans to attack El Geneina following the capture of the army base in Zalingei, the capital of Central Darfur State.<\/p>\n<p>He revealed that there were some skirmishes in El Geneina town on Wednesday morning. \u201cHeavy artillery fell on the house of Osman Khater, killing his wife and two daughters,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The local journalist expressed pessimism about the success of the ongoing talks between the army and the RSF under the auspices of the state authorities and the native administration.<\/p>\n<p>The tension arose on Tuesday afternoon after the RSF, a paramilitary force, deployed more troops near the army base in El Geneina.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\">South-Sudan<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Sudan. A senior government official in Sudan\u2019s West Darfur State says they are working to defuse mounting tensions between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the state capital, El Geneina. Dou El Beit Adam, a state peace advisor, told Radio Tamazuj Wednesday that the state governor had set up [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":46715,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[234,265,233],"class_list":["post-46716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-south-sudan","tag-south-sudan"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Talks ongoing to defuse tensions in El Geneina - South Sudan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A senior government official in Sudan\u2019s West Darfur State says they are working to defuse mounting tensions between the ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/talks-ongoing-to-defuse-tensions-in-el-geneina\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Talks ongoing to defuse tensions in El Geneina\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A senior government official in Sudan\u2019s West Darfur State says they are working to defuse mounting tensions between the ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/talks-ongoing-to-defuse-tensions-in-el-geneina\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"South Sudan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-11-02T14:42:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-11-02T15:03:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2023\/11\/sm_1698924765.151966.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/talks-ongoing-to-defuse-tensions-in-el-geneina#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/talks-ongoing-to-defuse-tensions-in-el-geneina\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Talks ongoing to defuse tensions in El Geneina\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-02T14:42:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-02T15:03:13+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/talks-ongoing-to-defuse-tensions-in-el-geneina\"},\"wordCount\":280,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/talks-ongoing-to-defuse-tensions-in-el-geneina#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2023\/11\/sm_1698924765.151966.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-South-Sudan\",\"South-Sudan\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/talks-ongoing-to-defuse-tensions-in-el-geneina#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/talks-ongoing-to-defuse-tensions-in-el-geneina\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/talks-ongoing-to-defuse-tensions-in-el-geneina\",\"name\":\"Talks ongoing to defuse tensions in El Geneina - 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