Sudan

The Security Council on Friday decided to terminate the mandate of the UN political mission in Sudan from next Monday, after Khartoum called for its immediate withdrawal last month.

The Sudanese Armed Forces (Saf) on Tuesday announced the beginning of a ground campaign to march on the Sudanese capital to "eliminate" the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

An umbrella group of democratic and civil forces have urged the UN Security Council to strengthen the mandate of it’s mission in Sudan (UNITAMS) to end the ongoing bloodshed in the country.

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Ramtane Lamamra of Algeria as his Personal Envoy for Sudan.

The Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM-MM) led by Minni Minawi and the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) have jointly announced their active involvement in military operations alongside the Sudanese army against the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

The war between rival militaries in Sudan, which has been raging for over seven months has further intensified in recent weeks, particularly in the volatile Darfur region, a senior UN official said on Thursday. His briefing came on the same day as Khartoum asked the Security Council to immediately terminate the UN mission there. [Letter dated 16 November 2023 from the Permanent Representative of the Sudan to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General]

The UN Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, Alice Wairimu Nderitu, has expressed “alarm” at the renewed escalation of violence between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) … Nderitu is “extremely concerned at the serious allegations of mass killings in an area housing a camp for displaced families in Ardamata, El Geneina, where more than 800 people were reportedly killed and 8,000 others fled to neighbouring Chad.”

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The United Nations has warned that Sudan is now home to the largest child displacement crisis in the world, with a staggering 3 million children forced to flee widespread violence.

Violence against civilians in Sudan is “verging on pure evil”, a senior United Nations official [Clementine Nkweta-Salami, UN humanitarian coordinator for Sudan] has warned, after nearly seven months of war has left a wave of destruction with at least half the population in need of humanitarian aid.