The images of the strike site show a mutilated metal roof which provided coverage to the faithful; This occurs while the paramilitary forces of rapid support – or the RSF – continue to take control of El Fasher, while they are fighting against the forces of the military government.
The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan, Denise Brown, published a statement Saying that she was seriously alarmed by the strike of the besieged capital of the state of Darfur du Nord.
Call for responsibility
“” International humanitarian law requires the protection of mosques and civilians adored in them“She said.
“” It is also a war crime to attacks intentionally directed against buildings dedicated to religion. This attack, which would have been carried out by rapid support forces, must be studied and the perpetrators held responsible. »»
UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric reiterated the long-standing call to “an immediate cessation of fire in and around El Fasher”, adding that access to humanitarian access for “staff and supplies must be facilitated so that we reach those who needed it”.
Civilian dead watch
In related development, the United Nations Human Rights Office, Ohchrwarned that there had been a sharp increase in civilian murders, including summary executions, as well as growing ethnic violence in Sudan.
Several major offensives were particularly deadly, including an attack in April from the RSF on El Fasher besieged and elsewhere in the north of Darfur which left at least 527 dead, and air strikes in March by the Sudanese armed forces on the Torah market in the north of Darfur who killed at least 350 civilians, including 13 members of a family.
The situation in El Fasher is disastrous and aggravated, said Li Fung of Ohchr, who said that reports are pursuing civilians killed, kidnapped or subject to sexual violence while fleeing the city.
“There are no sure outings outside the city, and civilians are trapped in a situation of impossible choice: stay in El Fasher and risk bombing, famine and atrocities if the RSF invades the city; Or run away, and risk the risk of summary execution, sexual violence and abduction. “
The Sudan War began in April 2023 when the peaceful transition to civil domination broke down and the fighting broke out between the former allies who became fatal rivals.
Since then, no cease-fire has been played by any of the parties at war, noted the UN partner, the International Committee of the Red Cross, ICRC.
Call for diplomacy in New York
He appealed to world leaders preparing to meet at the UN in New York for the United Nations General Assembly from next week to agree on the means of alleviating the suffering of the Sudanese people, who are confronted with famine and a massive humanitarian disaster.
The regional CICR director for Africa, Patrick Youssef, urged “a coalition of states” to work on “alternatives or incentives” in war including the creation of safe humanitarian corridors.
Over the past two years, more than 20 workers from the Sudanese Red Crescent have been killed, reflecting “the disastrous situation of the humanitarian workers trying to cross each first line in Sudan,” Youssef told journalists in Geneva.
Originally published at Almouwatin.com
