UN adopts a resolution demanding that Sudan's paramilitary force halt its siege of a Darfur city

UN adopts resolution demanding end to siege in Darfur city

The Security Council cites 'credible reports' that El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, has been the target of 'ethnically motivated violence'.

UN Security Council adopts resolution demanding Sudan paramilitary protect civilians and lift siege of El Fasher

The UN Security Council on Friday adopted a UK-backed resolution on the situation in Sudan, demanding that Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces halt its siege of El Fasher, the only capital in the vast western region of Darfur that it doesn’t control. This comes as the UN Secretary-General delivered reports on Sudan and South Sudan before the Security Council. Resolution 2736 was adopted almost unanimously with fourteen votes in favor, no v…

The UN Security Council has called on the RSF militia in Sudan to end the siege of the city of al-Fashir in the Darfur region.

UN Security Council demands end to siege of el-Fasher in Sudan’s Darfur

Resolution calls on Sudanese military and RSF to ensure protection of civilians and seek immediate end to violence.

Eye on Africa |  UNSC demands immediate end to siege of Sudan's El Fasher

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The United Nations Security Council today adopted a resolution calling on the paramilitary Rapid Support Force (RSF) in Sudan to end the siege of the only city headquarters in the western region of Darfur that it does not control and where more than a million people are reportedly trapped.