Shafaqna English- In a joint statement, a group of foreign ministers and senior officials from more than 20 countries condemned atrocities and violations of international humanitarian law in Sudan.
The signatories said they were “gravely alarmed by the reports of systematic and ongoing violence against civilians during and after the fall of (the city of) El-Fasher to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF),” as well as by the escalation of fighting across North Darfur and the Kordofan region.
They described the “deliberate targeting of civilians, ethnically motivated mass killings, conflict-related sexual violence, starvation as a method of warfare and obstruction of humanitarian access” as “abhorrent violations of international humanitarian law.”
“Such acts, if substantiated, constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity under international law,” the statement said. The ministers and officials demanded an immediate end to the violence, saying that “impunity must end and accountability must be upheld.”
Sources: Anadolu Agency