The UN Secretary General, António Guterres, has decided to send the person in charge of humanitarian affairs, Martin Griffiths, to Sudan, a country that is going through an “unprecedented” situation.
The UN Secretary General, António Guterres, decided this Sunday to send the person in charge of humanitarian affairs, Martin Griffiths, to Sudan, a country that is facing an “unprecedented” situation.
The announcement was made by Guterres’s spokesman, Stéphane Dujarric, in a statement, in which he mentions “an unprecedented scale and speed” at which “events are unfolding” in Sudan, which today entered the 16th consecutive day of war between the Army and the paramilitary group. Apooquick force.
The conflict has already caused around 530 deaths and almost 4,600 injuries and has led to the flight of thousands of Sudanese to safer areas of the country or to neighboring nations and the withdrawal of foreign citizens, including 20 Portuguese.
The UN called on parties to the conflict to protect civilians and critical infrastructure, provide safe passage for people to flee combat zones and respect health and humanitarian workers.
The violent confrontations continued today in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, while the Army and the paramilitaries announced the extension for another three days of a ceasefire that was little respected, but which allowed the withdrawal of the foreigners and the continuation of the negotiations.
The conflict follows weeks of tension over the reform of the security forces in negotiations to form a new transitional government.
Both the Army and the Rapid Support Force were behind the coup that overthrew Sudan’s transitional government in October 2021.
Source: Observadora
