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UN Urges Action on Sudan's 'Forgotton War' as Humanitarian Crisis Takes Hold
- The civil war between Sudan's Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces erupted in April 2023 and remains ongoing as of June 2025 with devastating civilian impact.
- The conflict intensified due to a 2021 military coup, power struggles between leaders Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, and foreign involvement fueling instability.
- Both sides have escalated heavy weapon use in populated areas, manipulated humanitarian aid, and caused rising sexual violence mainly in RSF-controlled displacement camps.
- The Fact-Finding Mission carried out extensive investigations, including questioning 240 individuals and verifying 30 videos, and shared its report on June 16, highlighting that the conflict is becoming more complex and violent, with civilians suffering the most.
- The conflict has caused tens of thousands of deaths, displaced about 14 million people, and the UN urges an arms embargo and accountability amid calls for a lasting ceasefire from France and others.
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Foreign Arms Fuel Sudan’s War, Deepen Civilian Catastrophe - teleSUR English
A steady influx of foreign arms is fueling Sudan’s war and enabling grave atrocities against civilians, as both warring factions escalate attacks on aid convoys, hospitals, and displacement camps. RELATED: Sudan Faces Worsening Famine as Conflict Blocks Aid and Displaces Millions The war in Sudan is being deliberately prolonged by the continued supply of weapons from abroad, worsening atrocities and deepening the humanitarian collapse, warned th…
Sudan is a ’crisis of humanity’ amid hunger, other atrocities
A UN mission in Sudan on Tuesday described the situation in the war-torn country as "a crisis of humanity". Sudan has been gripped by more than two years of war between its army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and efforts by international mediators to halt the fighting have so far failed. "Let me be clear, what is happening in Sudan is not only a humanitarian crisis. It is a crisis of humanity itself," Mona Rishmawi, an expert me…
The conflict in Sudan is much more than a humanitarian crisis, it is a "humanitarian crisis" where the suffering no longer worsens, denounced on Tuesday a UN fact-finding mission.
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