Catholic Leaders Call for Civilian Protection in Sudan
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With thousands in Sudan trapped in besieged city, Catholic leaders amplify calls to end war - The Dialog
As a paramilitary group announced the capture of el-Fasher, the besieged capital of Sudan’s North Darfur state, Catholic Church leaders amplified calls for the protection of “forgotten” civilians — including thousands of children — trapped in the western Sudanese city. On Oct. 26, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and its allies announced the capture of the main army base, and technically the city, after an 18-month deadly siege. The paramil…
Catholic leaders call for civilian protection in Sudan
A handout photograph, taken in January 2024, shows a woman and baby at the Zamzam displacement camp, close to el-Fasher in North Darfur, Sudan. (OSV News photo/Mohamed Zakaria, MSF handout via Reuters) As a paramilitary group announced the capture of el-Fasher, the besieged capital of Sudan’s North Darfur state, Catholic Church leaders amplified calls for the protection of “forgotten” civilians – including thousands of children – trapped in the …
With thousands in Sudan trapped in besieged city, Catholic leaders amplify calls to end war - The Leaven Catholic Newspaper
As a paramilitary group announced the capture of el-Fasher, the besieged capital of Sudan's North Darfur state, Catholic Church leaders amplified calls for the protection The post With thousands in Sudan trapped in besieged city, Catholic leaders amplify calls to end war appeared first on The Leaven Catholic Newspaper.
The Sudanese city of Fashir is under the control of the RSF militia after months of siege. The last bastion of the Sudanese army in Darfur has been transformed into an epicenter of human suffering in a matter of hours. Humanitarian organizations and witnesses speak of mass executions, ethnically motivated killings and sexual violence. Hundreds of thousands of civilians are trapped in the city without water, food and medicine.
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