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Sudan’s El Fasher siege: UN humanitarians killed as refugee crisis intensifies

·December 21, 2024·3 min read

In a new report, the UN human rights office (OHCHR) has detailed the catastrophic humanitarian situation unfolding in El Fasher, the capital of Sudan’s North Darfur state. The city has been under siege for seven months by fighters from the powerful militia known as the RSF, which has been battling...

Sudan: ‘Children should be safe everywhere’, says UNICEF, as fears grow for El Fasher

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·October 8, 2024·2 min read

UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric reminded journalists in New York at the regular noon briefing that famine conditions have already been confirmed in the Zamzam camp for the displaced, just outside the city, “and we think that other camps in the area are likely to have famine conditions.” El Fasher is...

Sudan: UN chief alarmed at full-scale assault on El Fasher

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·September 22, 2024·1 min read

UN chief António Guterres called on Lt. General Mohamed Hamdan “Hemedti” Dagalo to act responsibly and immediately order a halt to the RSF attack, Mr. Dujarric said in a statement. “It is unconscionable that the warring parties have repeatedly ignored calls for a cessation of hostilities,” he said. “Any further...

Sudan: UN urges immediate action to stop fighting in El Fasher

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·September 19, 2024·4 min read

Both the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), along with their allied militias, continue to flout international humanitarian and human rights laws, said Martha Pobee, Assistant Secretary-General for Africa at the UN Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA), while addressing the Security Council. “Violations...