UN official warns \u2018threshold about to be crossed\u2019 in Sudan\u2019s El-Fasher atrocities
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\nThe UN special adviser on the prevention of genocide on Friday announced that Sudan may be nearing a tipping point for atrocities amid growing reports of widespread killings and attacks on civilians in El-Fasher.<\/p>\n
Chaloka Beyani said there had been \u201cmassive violations of international human rights law\u201d and \u201cdirect attacks on civilians\u201d by warring parties in Darfur.<\/p>\n
Graphic reports and videos that surfaced late last month appeared to show atrocities carried out by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces after they seized control of El-Fasher from government troops, ending a siege that had lasted more than 500 days.<\/p>\n
UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher told the Security Council recently that \u201cthe horror is continuing\u201d in Darfur, warning that civilians remain trapped amid widespread violence.<\/p>\n
Beyani\u2019s office said several risk indicators for atrocities were now present in Sudan, though only an international court could determine whether genocide had occurred.<\/p>\n
The International Criminal Court also expressed \u201cprofound alarm\u201d earlier this week, saying it was gathering evidence of mass killings, rapes, and other atrocities allegedly committed in El-Fasher.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, reports indicate that the RSF has agreed to a \u201chumanitarian ceasefire\u201d proposed by the US, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE.<\/p>\n
The UN has warned of deteriorating conditions in North Darfur, where hundreds of thousands displaced from El-Fasher face acute shortages of food, water, and medical care. Aid agencies are setting up new camps in Tawila and other nearby areas, but more than 650,000 people remain in desperate need of assistance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
UN official warns \u2018threshold about to be crossed\u2019 in Sudan\u2019s El-Fasher atrocities ———————————- The UN special adviser on the prevention of genocide on Friday announced that Sudan may be nearing a tipping point for atrocities amid growing reports of widespread killings and attacks on civilians in El-Fasher. Chaloka Beyani said there had been \u201cmassive violations …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":136555,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[5017],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-136556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sudan"],"yoast_head":"\n