Sudan war leaves children mute as risk of new atrocities looms

UN rights chief warns Sudan belligerents against committing atrocities in Kordofan - Radio Tamazuj

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, on Sunday issued a blunt warning to the warring parties in Sudan that the carnage witnessed during the fighting for the control of Al Fasher in North Darfur must not be repeated in Kadugli and Dilling, in South Kordofan. Speaking during a UN press briefing in Geneva on Tuesday, Ravina Shamdasani of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said Türk had just concluded a f…

Sudan war leaves children mute as risk of new atrocities looms

The war that erupted in Sudan in April 2023 between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has killed thousands of civilians and caused devastation, mass displacement and famine. The conflict is a major preoccupation of UN human rights chief Volker Türk, who is just back from visiting the country. There, he […]