More than 480 civilians were killed in North Darfur Sudan for two weeks: United Nations | Sudan war news

The United Nations Human Rights Office has reported exposed sexual violence in the region, including against boys and young girls.

More than 480 civilians were killed in attacks in North Darfur Sudan during two weeks this month, with some ethnic motivated attacks, according to the United Nations.

The United Nations Office for Human Rights said on Friday that it has been at least 481 civilians who have been killed in North Darfur since April 10 and that “the actual number is likely much higher.”

It also reported sexy sexual violence in the region, including against boys and young girls, describing the attacks as “terrifying”.

“It is difficult to imagine the suffering of the Sudanese people, more difficult to understand and simply impossible,” said the head of the United Nations Rights.

North Darfur has become a major battlefield in the war that erupted on April 15, 2023, between the Sudan Army, led by Abdel -Fattah Bourhan, and the Military Rapid Support Forces (RSF), headed by former deputy Bouran, Mohamed Hamdan Dago.

Tens of thousands were killed in the war, which raised what the United Nations describes as the worst humanitarian crisis in the world.

“Wide reports on sexual violence”

One of the latest bloody attacks occurred in Zamzam displacement camp Between 11-13 April. This attack was killed at least 210 civilians, including nine medical professionals, according to the United Nations Rights Office. Turk described reports on “women, girls and boys are raped or west of the gang or while trying to escape.”

The United Nations said that at least 129 civilians were killed between Sunday and Thursday this week in the city of El Fasher, Umm Kidada, and the Abu Shuk removal camp.

She added that some of the latest attacks were “ethnic motives”, while targeting specific societies.

“The increasing number of civil losses and extensive reports on sexual violence is terrifying,” said Turk.

In addition, the United Nations said that “dozens of people have died due to the lack of food, water and medical care” in the RSF or “detention facilities or” while walking for several days in harsh conditions in an attempt to escape violence. “

“Terrible conditions”

Fighting in North Darfur Hundreds of thousands of civilians were displacedMany of them had previously fled their homes during the conflict, according to the United Nations Rights Office.

She said, “The narrow -faced conditions amid continuous restrictions to reach life -saving humanitarian assistance,” she said.

Despite the growing crisis, the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) warned earlier on Friday that it may be forced to expand its food support within weeks due to lack of funding.

The organization said that the additional shares in the areas at risk of starvation have decreased to 70 percent of standard linguistic programming classes (equal to 2100 kilos per day).

Turki said that the aid response was also at risk through the ongoing attacks targeting human workers and medical workers.

He said: “The systems of helping the victims in many areas are about to collapse,” Medical workers are threatened, and even water sources have been attacked. “

The United Nations evaluation comes a day after UK Foreign Minister David Lami warned of violence in Darfur “the distinctive features of ethnic cleansing and may reach the point of crimes against humanity.”

Lammy called on the Sudan and RSF army to “urgently cancel manufacturing” and said that the United Kingdom will continue to “use all the tools available to us to hold these atrocities accountable.”