UN Human Rights Council Condemns Escalating Violence in Sudan's El-Obeid
- The United Nations Human Rights Council condemned escalating violence by Sudan's Rapid Support Forces around El-Obeid in North Kordofan, approving the resolution without a vote.
- The resolution encourages support for countries hosting Sudanese refugees and condemns all forms of external interference in the conflict.
- China, Cuba, Egypt, and Pakistan dissociated from the consensus due to concerns over a fact-finding mission on rights abuses in Sudan's war.
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Mittelstand CafeSave the Children Deutschland e.V.: Berlin/Port Sudan (ots) - Due to the escalating violence in and around the Sudanese city of El Obeid in North Kordofan, about 11,000 people - including 5,500 children - have been displaced in the past two weeks.
The great city of the south of the country is besieged by paramilitaries fighting government forces.
UN warns of ‘catastrophe’ unfolding in Sudan
The UN warned of a “catastrophe” unfolding in el-Obeid, Sudan. The Human Rights Council passed a motion condemning escalating violence and setting up an inquiry; its chief said the besieged town has been subject to “relentless” drone strikes as well as executions, torture, abductions, and sexual violence. Save the Children said more than 5,500 children had been displaced. The three-year war between government forces and the paramilitary Rapid Su…
UN Human Rights Council condemns escalating violence in Sudan's el-Obeid
The top United Nations human rights body, on Monday, approved without a vote a measure that condemns the escalating violence by Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and its allies in and around the city of el-Obeid in the North Kordofan region.
The United Nations Human Rights Council ordered an urgent investigation on Monday, July 6, 2026, into the violence committed against civilians in El-Obeid, the capital of North Kordofan province in central Sudan. For the past three weeks, El-Obeid, a city besieged a few months ago by the Rapid Support Forces paramilitaries, has been subjected to unprecedented attacks.
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