Darfur's Desperate Plight: Civilians Caught in Sudan's Ongoing Conflict
- The civil war between Sudan's Armed Forces and Rapid Support Forces erupted in April 2023, causing widespread violence across Sudan.
- This conflict grew from power struggles after the October 2021 military coup ousting Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and escalated into severe armed clashes.
- The UN Fact-Finding Mission reported a growing use of heavy weaponry in civilian areas, deliberate assaults on medical facilities, and a significant increase in sexual and gender-related violence.
- The Mission reported over 13 million displaced people, tens of thousands of civilians killed, and highlighted that "the conflict in Sudan is far from over," urging enforcement of an arms embargo.
- The war's continuation has deepened human suffering, signifying a grave human rights emergency with widespread abuses and no immediate resolution in sight.
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Foreign Arms Fuel Sudan’s War, Deepen Civilian Catastrophe - teleSUR English
A steady influx of foreign arms is fueling Sudan’s war and enabling grave atrocities against civilians, as both warring factions escalate attacks on aid convoys, hospitals, and displacement camps. RELATED: Sudan Faces Worsening Famine as Conflict Blocks Aid and Displaces Millions The war in Sudan is being deliberately prolonged by the continued supply of weapons from abroad, worsening atrocities and deepening the humanitarian collapse, warned th…
Sudan is a ’crisis of humanity’ amid hunger, other atrocities
A UN mission in Sudan on Tuesday described the situation in the war-torn country as "a crisis of humanity". Sudan has been gripped by more than two years of war between its army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and efforts by international mediators to halt the fighting have so far failed. "Let me be clear, what is happening in Sudan is not only a humanitarian crisis. It is a crisis of humanity itself," Mona Rishmawi, an expert me…
The conflict in Sudan is much more than a humanitarian crisis, it is a "humanitarian crisis" where the suffering no longer worsens, denounced on Tuesday a UN fact-finding mission.
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