The United Nations has said Sudanese paramilitary forces are encircling the city of El Fasher in the western Darfur region, and warned that 'an attack would have devastating consequences.'
Sudanese paramilitary forces are encircling the only capital they haven’t captured in the western Darfur region, the United Nations said Friday, warning that an attack would have 'devastating consequences' for the city's 800,000 inhabitants. At the same time, the U.N. said, the rival Sudanese Armed Forces 'appear to be positioning themselves.' SUDAN CONFLICT SPREADS TO KEY HUMANITARIAN SAFE HAVEN U.N.
, said. According to humanitarian officials, El Fasher is an important location to reach other parts of the vast Darfur region, including for aid shipments from neighboring Chad and via a northern route from Port Sudan on Sudan’s northeast coast.
said. Dujarric said the secretary-general’s personal envoy for Sudan, Ramtane Lamamra, is engaging with the rival parties to de-escalate tensions, which are reported to have dramatically escalated. also said it’s 'imperative that the parties allow safe passage for civilians to leave El Fasher for safer areas.' Sudan plunged into chaos in mid-April 2023, when long-simmering tensions between its military, led by Gen. Abdel Fattah Burhan, and the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary commanded by Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo broke out into street battles in the capital, Khartoum. Fighting has spread to other parts of the country, especially urban areas and the western Darfur region. The U.N.
That legacy appears to have returned, with the International Criminal Court’s prosecutor, Karim Khan, saying in late January there are grounds to believe both sides may be committing war crimes, crimes against humanity or genocide in Darfur. The Rapid Support Forces were formed from Janjaweed fighters by former Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who ruled the country for three decades before being overthrown during a popular uprising in 2019.
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