Africa

UN Chief Urges Immediate Halt to Assault on Sudan’s al-Fashir by RSF

today23 September, 2024

Background

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is “gravely alarmed” by reports of a large-scale attack on the Sudanese city of al-Fashir by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces says Reuters. A U.N. spokesperson stated on Saturday that Guterres has called on the RSF leader to immediately stop the assault. The Secretary-General warned that any further escalation could spread the conflict across Sudan’s western Darfur region

Written by: Leonard Witbeen