The Secretary -General of the United Nations expresses his deep concern about the ongoing attacks on the city of El Fasher in Sudan
Washington – SPA:
The Secretary -General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, expressed his deep concern about the continuous attacks by the Rapid Support Forces on the city of El Fasher in North Darfur, Sudan.
In a statement issued yesterday, the Secretary -General called for an immediate ceasefire in the Fasher region and its surroundings, stressing the need to take immediate steps to protect civilians and ensure that humanitarian aid arrives in the region safely and without obstacles and sustainable, and allowing any civilian who wants to leave the area voluntarily to leave safely.
He pointed out that the city of El Fasher has been subjected to a suffocating siege for more than (500) days, where hundreds of thousands of civilians in the region are besieged, adding that recent weeks have witnessed almost continuous bombing of the region, and repeated fatal incursions into the Abu Shok camp for the displaced, where the circumstances of famine there were announced in December 2024.
Guterres expressed his concerns about the grave dangers of severe violations of international humanitarian law, as well as violations and transgressions of international human rights law.
