UN calls for immediate action to stop 'wanton killings' in Sudan's Darfur as fresh air strikes and gunbattles rock capital Khartoum
In the South Darfur state capital Nyala, residents said they had been caught in the crossfire. They reported battles, shelling and artillery strikes.
"We are gravely concerned that such wanton killings are ongoing and urge immediate action to halt them," UN rights office spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani said in a statement. It said all but two of the 16 people it interviewed testified they had witnessed"summary executions" and the targeting of civilians on the road from El Geneina to the border between June 15 and 16.
Aid has reached at least 2.8 million people, the UN said, but agencies report major hurdles to their work, from visas for foreign humanitarians to securing safe corridors.
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