“ The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, said that the war in Sudan is “getting out of control” and is turning into one of the worst humanitarian disasters in the world. Source: Guterres at UN summit in Qatar, CNN Details: Speaking at the Qatar summit, Guterres painted an apocalyptic picture of the situation in El Fasher, the administrative center of North Darfur state, which has been under siege by the Rapid Response Force (RSF) paramilitary group for 18 months. Militants seized the city last week, and the consequences, according to the United Nations, turned out to be catastrophic. “Hundreds of thousands of civilians are trapped in this siege. People are dying of malnutrition, disease and violence. And we are constantly receiving reports of violations of humanitarian law and human rights,” Guterres said. According to him, there are “credible reports of mass executions after the RSF entered the city.” Representatives of the UN report on the terrible atrocities that are being committed in El Fasher. According to their data, more than 450 people were killed in one of the city’s hospitals. There are also numerous reports of ethnically motivated killings of civilians and mass sexual violence. Although RSF has officially denied all the allegations, the testimonies of refugees, videos appearing online and satellite images paint an apocalyptic picture of the consequences of their invasion. The full scale of the tragedy is still difficult to assess due to the almost complete lack of communication in the region. The UN Secretary General called for an immediate ceasefire and called on the international community to intervene. “One of the most important tasks to end the hostilities is to ensure that no more weapons flow into Sudan,” he stressed, calling for accountability mechanisms as well, as “the crimes that are being committed are extremely heinous.” The war between the RSF and the regular Sudanese army has been ongoing since April 2023, tearing the country apart. According to official UN data, the conflict claimed the lives of more than 40,000 people, but humanitarian organizations assume that the real number of victims may be many times higher. The fighting has forced more than 14 million people from their homes, one of the world’s largest internal displacement crises. Against the background of the war, epidemics broke out in the country, and famine has already been officially recorded in two regions of Sudan, which, according to experts’ forecasts, may spread to other regions. Background: The war in Sudan is a power struggle between the country’s two main military forces: the official army, known as the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF), and the powerful paramilitary group, the Rapid Response Force (RSF). Before full-scale hostilities broke out in April 2023, the leaders of these two factions, two generals, were allies who staged a military coup together. However, their alliance fell apart due to deep differences over who would have ultimate control of the country, which escalated into an open war for power. Background: In early October, it became known that the RSF carried out an airstrike on a shelter for displaced persons in the city of El Fasher. According to medical and human rights groups, at least 57 civilians were killed, including 22 women, 17 children and three infants. More than two dozen people were seriously injured.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Temporary shelters for refugees from El Fasher in the Umm Yankur camp on the southwestern outskirts of Tawila in Darfur. Photo: Getty Images Source: Guterres at the UN summit in Qatar, reports CNN
Details: Speaking at a summit in Qatar, Guterres painted an apocalyptic picture of the situation in El Fasher, the administrative center of North Darfur state, which has been under siege by the Rapid Response Force (RSF) paramilitary group for 18 months. Militants seized the city last week, and the consequences, according to the United Nations, turned out to be catastrophic.
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“Hundreds of thousands of civilians are trapped in this siege. People are dying of malnutrition, disease and violence. And we are constantly receiving reports of violations of humanitarian law and human rights,” Guterres said.
According to him, there are “credible reports of mass executions after the RSF entered the city.”
Representatives of the UN report on the terrible atrocities that are being committed in El Fasher. According to their data, more than 450 people were killed in one of the city’s hospitals. There are also numerous reports of ethnically motivated killings of civilians and mass sexual violence.
Although RSF has officially denied all the allegations, the testimonies of refugees, videos appearing online and satellite images paint an apocalyptic picture of the consequences of their invasion. The full scale of the tragedy is still difficult to assess due to the almost complete lack of communication in the region.
The UN Secretary General called for an immediate ceasefire and called on the international community to intervene.
“One of the most important tasks to end the hostilities is to ensure that no more weapons flow into Sudan,” he stressed, calling for accountability mechanisms as well, as “the crimes that are being committed are extremely horrific.”
The war between the RSF and the regular Sudanese army has been ongoing since April 2023, tearing the country apart. According to official UN data, the conflict claimed the lives of more than 40,000 people, but humanitarian organizations assume that the real number of victims may be many times higher.
The fighting has forced more than 14 million people from their homes, one of the world’s largest internal displacement crises. Against the background of the war, epidemics broke out in the country, and famine has already been officially recorded in two regions of Sudan, which, according to experts’ forecasts, may spread to other regions.
For reference: The war in Sudan is a power struggle between the country’s two main military forces: the official army, known as the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF), and the powerful paramilitary group, the Rapid Response Force (RSF). Before full-scale hostilities broke out in April 2023, the leaders of these two factions, two generals, were allies who staged a military coup together. However, their alliance fell apart due to deep differences over who would have ultimate control of the country, which escalated into an open war for power.
Prehistory:
- At the beginning of October it became known that The RSF launched an airstrike at the shelter for displaced persons in the city of El-Fasher. According to medical and human rights groups, at least 57 civilians were killed, including 22 women, 17 children and three infants. More than two dozen people were seriously injured.