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UN: 4,000 dead, 435 children in four months of war in Sudan

  • August 15, 2023
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The conflict erupted four months ago in Sudanwhich is addressed to Army With Paramilitary Operational Support Forces (RFS)already leaves more than four thousand deaths and a number of

UN: 4,000 dead, 435 children in four months of war in Sudan

The conflict erupted four months ago in Sudanwhich is addressed to Army With Paramilitary Operational Support Forces (RFS)already leaves more than four thousand deaths and a number of abuses, which, according toUnited Nations High Commissioner for Human RightsVolker Turk, may be part of war crimes.

Among the dead are “hundreds of civilians”including 435 children and 28 medical and humanitarian workers.

However UN suppose you the numbers are much higherdown to the lack of a victim identification protocol and the intensity of hostilities preventing any verification.

Many civilians were killed in the Khartoum area for resisting RSF attempts to ransack their homes or rape female family members.

This was an example used by Turk to show the brutality of the conflict between the capital and the region. Darfur as its main steps.

Is “catastrophic” and “senseless” war for poweraccording to Turk, who denounced the destruction of homes, schools and hospitals and the suppression of all types of essential services and supplies.

food insecurity already reaching more 20 million people and at least 700 thousand children are in an extreme situationmore four million people were forced leave their homes run away from the war.

But avoiding war does not necessarily mean greater security, as displaced persons and refugees more vulnerable to other types of abuseespecially women. The High Commissioner placed on the table “credible” reports of 32 incidents and 73 victims of sexual violence.

At least 19 of these cases relate to complaints against men in RSF uniform.

I called on the main authorities of Sudan […] give clear instructions to their subordinates about zero tolerance for sexual violence. The perpetrators must be held accountable and this violence must be clearly and unequivocally condemned.

In addition, the UN has warned Arbitrary Arrests, Extrajudicial Executions and Enforced Disappearances during these four months.

Only in Khartoum at least five thousand people were went missing at the end of Julybut, like the rest of the statistics surrounding this chaos, this is only an estimate.

Similarly, the High Commissioner asked “the parties to the conflict“stop” immediately hostilities, resume political dialoguecomply with their obligations under international law (…) and ensure the smooth delivery of humanitarian assistance”, as well as influence the need investigate abuse.

He appealed to the international community to “increase political and economic pressure” on both sides and increase support for humanitarian organizations that continue to respond to the crisis, both in Sudan and in neighboring countries where refugees continue to arrive.

In May of this year, United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) warned that this conflict could lead to eviction of 1.1 million citizens from the country.

The authority indicated this figure during the presentation Sudan Response Planprepared jointly with the Office of Humanitarian Aid UNin which the UN called $3 billion study 18 million from Sudanese And refugees inside and outside the African nation, becoming the biggest support sent to Sudan.

April 15 they settled in Khartoumthe capital of Sudan, intensive clashes between two fhostilitieswhich quickly spread to other parts of the country, causing death, injury and displacement of hundreds of people.

According to the agency, the latest clashes have already led to the displacement of more 840 thousand people inside Sudanmore 220 thousand refugees left the countrymostly to the side Chad And EgyptMoreover, before the outbreak of armed violence, some Sudan has 353,000 refugeeswho will be forced to return to their countries of origin or to other countries.

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Source: Aristegui Noticias

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