US EditionOver 1,600 people have been killed in attacks on health centers in Sudan this year, WHO chief says
The World Health Organization reported 65 attacks on Sudanese health facilities since January, causing over 1,600 deaths and 276 injuries amid ongoing conflict.
- Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the World Health Organization head, reported on Wednesday, December 17 that more than 1,600 people have been killed in attacks on medical facilities in Sudan this year.
- A power struggle between the Sudanese military and the Rapid Support Forces erupted in April 2023, and the war has killed more than 40,000 people.
- The WHO documented 65 attacks on health facilities since January, reporting 276 people wounded and an RSF offensive on the Saudi Hospital in el-Fasher, Darfur.
- The WHO said gunmen who killed at least 460 people at a hospital abducted doctors and nurses, and Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned attacks deprive people of health services while needs persist.
- The conflict has forced over 14 million people from their homes and spread disease and famine, with ongoing assaults including a recent drone attack on Sunday in Diling risking health infrastructure.
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The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has accused the RSF militia of killing more than 1,000 civilians in Sudan.
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Sudanese paramilitary group RSF killed more than 1,000 civilians in Zamzam camp in April, UN says
The U.N. Human Rights Office says in a new report that more than 1,000 civilians were killed in a three-day attack by the Sudanese paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces on Sudan's largest displacement camp.
UN reports atrocities during takeover of internally displaced persons camp in Sudan
The UN Human Rights Office published a report on Thursday detailing their findings of atrocities committed during a three-day offensive by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on the Zamzam camp for internally displaced persons (IDP) in Sudan. The UN deems this conduct to amount to violations of international humanitarian law (IHL) and international human rights law (IHRL). This attack took place in April of this year. The UN High Commissioner for Hum…
Horrific reports emerged immediately after the capture, but a new report now demonstrates the scale of the violence. The researchers found "a consistent pattern of serious violations of international humanitarian law."
More than a thousand civilians died in April when the Sudanese paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (RSF) took control of a famine-stricken camp of displaced persons in the Sudanese region of Darfur. Of them, it is known that at least one third were summarily executed, according to a report by the UN Human Rights Office released on Thursday.
High Commissioner for Human Rights speaks of "massacres, rapes and other acts of sexual violence, torture and rape" committed during the offensive, which took place between 11 and 13 April.
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