#sudan

#sudan

Speaking in Bahrain on Sunday, Anwar Gargash, the UAE's senior diplomatic envoy, said the UAE and others had been wrong not to impose sanctions on the instigators of the 2021 coup jointly led by the RSF and the army that overthrew Sudan's transitional civilian government. We all made a mistake when the two generals who are fighting the civil war today overthrew the civilian government, Gargash said.

The rate of civilian deaths across Sudan has increased, the report says, with 3,384 civilians dying in the first six months of the year, a figure equalling 80 percent of the 4,238 civilian deaths throughout the whole of 2024. Sudan's conflict is a forgotten one, and I hope that my office's report puts the spotlight on this disastrous situation where atrocity crimes, including war crimes, are being committed, OHCHR chief Volker Turk said in a statement.

More than 1,500 civilians may have been massacred during an attack on Sudan's largest displacement camp in April, making it the second-biggest war crime of the conflict.

A least 11 miners were killed after a gold mine collapsed in Sudan, emphasizing the dire situation in artisanal mining where safety standards are often neglected.

As we speak, aid is disappearing rapidly, putting the lives of nearly a million refugees at risk. We urgently need international support to avert catastrophe.