“This is more than a war between two opposing parties. This is a war against the Sudanese people”, with thousands dead, millions of refugees and internally displaced and 18 million people suffering from severe malnutrition, Antonio Guterres emphasized to the press.
Attacks against civilians indiscriminately in Sudan may constitute “war crimes and crimes against humanity”, the Secretary-General of the United Nations estimated yesterday, Monday, on the day one year since the outbreak of war between the forces of two rival generals.
“This is more than a war between two opposing parties. This is a war against the Sudanese people”, with thousands dead, millions of refugees and internally displaced and 18 million people suffering from severe malnutrition, Antonio Guterres emphasized to the press.
“It is also a war against human rights and international law. Indiscriminate attacks that kill, injure and terrorize civilians may constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity,” he insisted, denouncing at the same time attacks on convoys carrying humanitarian aid and sexual assaults targeting women and girls.
He also reiterated his concern, which he had already done on Saturday, about the imminent attack on the city of El Faser, the capital of North Darfur state, a key hub for UN agencies.
Since the outbreak of war on April 15, 2023 between the armed forces under General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitaries of General Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, sexual and ethnic violence and scorched earth politics have once again become the norm. in the vast Darfur, in the western part of Sudan.
A deadly civil war raged there for years, with hundreds of thousands dead, which broke out in 2003.
“Over the weekend, DTY-affiliated paramilitaries attacked and set fire to villages east of the city, causing new mass displacements and concern over the capture of El Fasser,” and “fighting continues today,” Antonio Guterres said.
“Let me be clear: any attack on El Fasser would be devastating for civilians and could spark widespread inter-tribal conflict across Darfur,” he warned.
And it would also “disrupt operations” to distribute humanitarian aid to “an area already on the brink of famine,” he added.
El Faser is the only capital of Darfur’s total of five states that has not fallen into the hands of DTY. Until now, it had remained relatively unscathed by the war raging in the country.
Source :Skai
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