Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 17th Jan. UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Tuesday called on the rival militaries in Sudan to lay down their weapons immediately and called for a ceasefire.
The office noted the conflict has been going on for 9 months between the Sudanese army, under the control of the ruling military government in Khartoum, and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.
Over 7.4 million have been displaced inside the country, OHCHR stated.
The number increased by 611,000 in last month as conflict uprooted communities from Aj Jazirah and other states.
OHCHR Spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani said that the conflict has had a devastating impact in terms of numbers killed amid “ongoing concerns” about sexual violence and many other human rights violations.
She said Mr. Türk had been “very clear in his call to all parties to cease hostilities and to ensure the protection of civilians, to take all feasible precautions, to minimize, in any case, harm, including attacks on civilians and civilian objects, to release all those who are arbitrarily detained, to immediately cease the use of landmines and other explosive ordnance that is clearly prohibited.”
She recalled that humanitarians have expressed alarm that the fighting has extended into central and eastern Sudan as these are the country’s main crop producing regions.
UN humanitarian and the coordination office said that iInsecurity, looting, bureaucratic impediments, poor network and phone connectivity, together with a lack of cash, and limited technical and humanitarian staff, are all hindering aid delivery
