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Darfur: International Criminal Court launches investigation into surging violence

·July 14, 2023·2 min read

Briefing the Security Council, Prosecutor Karim Khan, said that the mandate of his office, pursuant to resolution 1593 referring the situation in Darfur to the Court in 2005, was clear. “[Our mandate is] ongoing with respect to crimes within our jurisdiction, the crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity and war...

Sudan’s Darfur spiralling into ‘humanitarian calamity’: UN aid chief

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·June 16, 2023·1 min read

UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths warned in a statement issued late on Thursday night that conditions in the province were particularly dire: babies dying in hospitals, children and mothers suffering from severe malnutrition, camps for displaced persons burned down and sexual violence on the rise. He deplored spreading inter-communal...

UN in Sudan condemns killing of West Darfur governor, raises alarm over ‘vortex of hate speech’

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·June 16, 2023·1 min read

In a statement, UNITAMS strongly condemned the killing of Khamis Abbaker who just hours earlier on Wednesday, according to news reports, had publicly blamed the deaths of civilians caught up in the violence stemming from the military power struggle across Sudan, on the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). “Compelling eyewitness accounts attribute this...

Sudan envoy calls for ceasefire compliance, as concern mounts over West Darfur

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·April 27, 2023·3 min read

Volker Perthes, who is also head of UN Transition Assistance Mission UNITAMS, welcomed the lull in fighting in some parts of the country between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and paramilitaries from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), noting that “it is not being fully respected”. He called on both sides...