With three months in, the current armed conflict in Sudan shows little signs of ending, as both sides continue to violate ceasefire.
Since April, 3.1 million people have been displaced, thousands are thought to have been killed and even more wounded, with entire neighbourhoods destroyed.
According to local and global news agencies, there have been reports of extrajudicial killings, ethnic violence, and widespread hunger, with a former UN humanitarian coordinator describing what is happening in Sudan as having “all the signature characteristics of genocide”.
The conflict in Sudan began in the middle of April, between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forecs (RSF) who have been engaged in bloody conflicts for three months now, bringing the country closer to a civil war.
Last week the United Nations discovered a mass grave in Sudan’s West Darfur in which 87 people were buried, prompting the UN high commissioner for Human Rights to demand a “thorough and independent investigation” into activity in the region.
Following the discovery of the mass grave, the international criminal court’s (ICC) prosecutor announced that he is investigating new war crimes and crimes against humanity in the country’s West Darfur region.
International reports warn that the military fight in the African country have forced millions of people to escape their homes, destroyed infrastructures and paralyzed the economy.
