UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths warned in a statement issued late on Thursday night that conditions in the province were particularly dire: babies dying in hospitals, children and mothers suffering from severe malnutrition, camps for displaced persons burned down and sexual violence on the rise. He deplored spreading inter-communal violence in Darfur that threatens…
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk appealed to the leaders of the Sudanese Armed Forces and of the Rapid Support Forces, locked in conflict since 15 April, to “issue clear instructions” to those under their command that sexual violence will not be tolerated, and to ensure that all perpetrators are held accountable. Mr….
Photo courtesy of Arab Media Negotiations are taking place between the warring parties of Sudan in the city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. According to the Saudi envoy, the talks between the representatives of the warring parties will resume tomorrow and they will remain in Jeddah. The Saudi delegate says that the process of implementation of…
Volker Perthes – Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sudan and Head of the UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in the country (UNITAMS) – underscored that the rival military leaderships had agreed to respect international humanitarian and human rights law, and withdraw fighters from hospitals and medical facilities. Mr. Perthes also noted that the Sudanese…
António Guterres was addressing an emergency session of the UN Security Council in New York, and again demanded an end to the fighting between troops loyal to Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) leader Fatttah al-Burhan, and his deputy on the so-called Transitional Sovereign Council, Rapid Support Forces (RSF) leader, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo “Hemedti”. “It is incumbent…
Photo courtesy of AFP In Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, there have been intense shootings and explosions near the presidential palace and several important government buildings. According to Arab media, the shooting took place near the Sudanese army headquarters and the Ministry of Defense office in Khartoum. According to the news agency, smoke was also seen rising…
