Sudan’s power rivals engaged in devastating war amid global inattention to civilian crises, UN Says

A United Nations report on the conflict in Sudan highlights mass killings, displacement, and human rights violations, with over 14,600 killed and 26,000 injured since the conflict began last April.

The crisis, characterized as a tragedy by the U.N. high commissioner for human rights, Volker Turk, has led to 8.1 million people being uprooted, making it the largest displacement crisis globally.

In his statement, Turk expressed deep concern over the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and the recruitment of child soldiers.

The report points to atrocities committed by Sudan’s warring parties, with concerns about ethnically motivated killings and the potential for a protracted civil war.

The U.N. special envoy for the Horn of Africa, Hanna Serwaa Tetteh, warns of acute hunger affecting 18 million people in Sudan and calls for international support to address the root causes of the conflict.